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| US11247277B2 |
Cutting tool
A cutting tool comprises a substrate and a coating layer provided on the substrate, the coating layer including a multilayer structure layer composed of a first unit layer and a second unit layer, and a lone layer, the lone layer including cubic TizAl1-zN crystal grains, an atomic ratio z of Ti in the TizAl1-zN being 0.5 or more and 0.65 or less, the lone layer having a thickness with an average value of 2.5 nm or more and 10 nm or less, the multilayer structure layer having a thickness with an average value of 10 nm or more and 95 nm or less, one multilayer structure layer and one lone layer forming a repetitive unit having a thickness with an average value of 30 nm to 70 nm, a maximum value of 40 nm to 100 nm, and a minimum value of 20 nm to 40 nm. |
| US11247271B2 |
Method for producing metal nanowire
A method for producing metal nanowire of small diameter and long length. In the method for producing a metal nanowire, a first solution containing an ionic derivative and a polyol as a solvent are kept at 80-200° C., and a second solution containing a metal salt and a polyol as a solvent is supplied into the first solution so that the ratio between the number of moles of metal atoms in the metal salt supplied in one minute and the total number of moles of halogen atoms in the ionic derivative in the first solution (the number of moles of metal atoms in the metal salt supplied in one minute/the total number of moles of halogen atoms in the ionic derivative) is less than 10. It is preferable that the ionic derivative is a quaternary ammonium halide and the metal salt is silver nitrate. |
| US11247270B2 |
Method for preparing vanadium and vanadium alloy powder from vanadium-containing materials through shortened process
Disclosed is a method for preparing vanadium or vanadium alloy powder from a vanadium-containing raw material through a shortened process, including: calcinating a mixture of a vanadium-containing raw material and an alkali compound for oxidation to form a water-soluble vanadate; purifying the vanadate followed by vanadium precipitation to produce an intermediate CaV2O6 with high purity; dissolving CaV2O6 in a molten-salt medium together with other raw materials to form a uniform reaction system; and introducing a reducing agent to the system followed by separation, washing and drying to produce vanadium or vanadium alloy powder having a particle size of 50-800 nm and a purity of 99.0 wt % or more. The method can continuously process vanadium-containing raw materials to prepare vanadium or vanadium alloy powder. |
| US11247268B2 |
Methods of making metal matrix composite and alloy articles
In one aspect, methods of making freestanding metal matrix composite articles and alloy articles are described. A method of making a freestanding composite article described herein comprises disposing over a surface of the temporary substrate a layered assembly comprising a layer of infiltration metal or alloy and a hard particle layer formed of a flexible sheet comprising organic binder and the hard particles. The layered assembly is heated to infiltrate the hard particle layer with metal or alloy providing a metal matrix composite, and the metal matrix composite is separated from the temporary substrate. Further, a method of making a freestanding alloy article described herein comprises disposing over the surface of a temporary substrate a flexible sheet comprising organic binder and powder alloy and heating the sheet to provide a sintered alloy article. The sintered alloy article is then separated from the temporary substrate. |
| US11247267B2 |
Device for sintering by pulsating current and associated method
The present invention relates to a device (1) for sintering by pulsating current, the device (1) comprising: —a sintering cell (4) comprising two walls (14a, 14b) facing each other and defining between them a cavity (C) for receiving material to be sintered, —a press (2) arranged for moving one of the walls (14a, 14b) towards the other wall, so as to compress the material, when the material is received in the cavity (C), —means (10a, 10b) of rotating one of the walls (14a, 14b) relative to the other wall, so as to apply a torsional force to the material, when the material is compressed in the cavity (C). |
| US11247266B2 |
Porous sintered body and method of making the same
[Object]There is provided a porous sintered body has a uniform porosity, a high level of freedom in body formation which allows formation into varieties shapes and various levels of porosity, and a very large surface area.[Solution]The porous sintered body includes: hollow cores which follow a vanished shape of an interlaced or otherwise structured fibriform vanisher material; sintered walls 226 which extend longitudinally of the cores and obtained by sintering a first sintering powder held around the cores; and voids formed between the sintered walls. The cores and the voids communicate with each other via absent regions formed in the sintered walls. The sintered walls have surfaces formed with a sintered microparticulate layer 232 made from a material containing a second sintering powder which has a smaller diameter than the first sintering powder, and has predetermined pores 231. |
| US11247263B2 |
Method for manufacturing rack bar
A method for manufacturing a rack bar having a first rack and a second rack is provided. The first and second racks have an angular positional difference around an axis of the rack bar. The method includes forming a first flat surface and a second flat surface on an outer circumference of a single hollow shaft member, with the angular positional difference being provided between the first and second flat surfaces, and forming the first rack on the first flat surface and the second rack on the second rack surface by press-fitting one or more mandrels into the hollow shaft member in a state in which one or more teeth dies corresponding to the first rack and the second rack is pressed against the first flat surface and the second flat surface. |
| US11247260B1 |
Tube connector crimping tool
A tube connector crimping tool is configured to enable a user to crimp a first refrigeration tube having a first connector cap to a second refrigeration tube having a second connector cap with one hand. The tube connector crimping tool has a first handle arm joined to a first handle head. A clamp head tongue is joined to the first handle head and clamp head teeth. a gear IS immediately adjacent to the clamp head teeth and joined to a ratchet. A second handle head is joined to the ratchet and a second handle arm. Squeezing the second handle arm toward the first handle arm crimps the first refrigeration tube to the second refrigeration tube. |
| US11247255B2 |
Letter box with auto riveting
An apparatus to produce a letterbox using a strip of material includes: a bender to receive and bend the strip of material into a desired shape of a letterbox including flanges and notches, and the bender to bend at least one end of the strip of material slightly to produce a slight bent; a processor to measure a first plurality of hole positions on a first end of the strip of material and a second plurality of hole positions on flanges of the strip of material, wherein the first plurality of hole positions on the first end are measured to match a first plurality of holes on a second end of the strip of material, wherein the second plurality of hole positions on the flanges are measured to match a second plurality of holes on a base plate; and a puncher to punch the first plurality of holes on at least one of the first end and the second end of the strip of material according to the first plurality of hole positions, and the puncher to punch the second plurality of holes on the flanges according to the second plurality of hole positions. |
| US11247243B2 |
Method and apparatus for rejection of defective mineral fibre slabs
A method and apparatus for rejection of defective mineral fibre slabs in a continuous production process of mineral fibre slabs. |
| US11247240B2 |
High capacity cascade-type mineral sorting machine and method
Methods and systems for achieving higher efficiencies and capacities in sorting feed material are described herein, such as for separating desirable “good” rock or ore from undesirable “bad” rock or ore in an unsegregated, unseparated stream of feed material. In the disclosure, higher efficiencies are achieved with combinations of multiple sensor/diverter cells in stages in a cascade arrangement. The number and combination of cells in the cascade may be determined through a priori characterization of probabilities involved in sensor/rock and rock/diverter interactions, and mathematical determinations of the optimal number and combination of stages based on this probability. Further, as disclosed herein, desired sorting capacities are achieved through addition of multiple cascades in parallel until the desired sorting capacity is reached. |
| US11247238B2 |
Separating and recovering silicate particles from plant material
The invention relates to a device and a method for separating and/or recovering silicate particles from plant material. This device and the method are characterized by an air classifier (3, 14), which has at least one material inlet (4), an air inlet (6), arranged under the material inlet (4), an air outlet (7) and at least one particle receptacle (8), arranged under the air outlet, wherein the plant particles recovered from plant material by crushing can be subjected to an air stream in the air classifier (3, 14) in such a way that silicate particles contained in the plant material are removed by the air stream via the air outlet (7) and, as a result of gravitational force, the plant particles are received by the particle receptacle (8) arranged under the air outlet (7) and taken away. |
| US11247234B2 |
Ultrasonic fingerprint recognition module and display panel
The present invention provides an ultrasonic fingerprint recognition module and a display panel. Advantages of the present invention are that a vibration absorbing layer can absorb mechanical energy of a piezoelectric thin film layer such that a number of cycles of later ultrasound is significantly reduces to extremely increase a vertical resolution of ultrasound fingerprint recognition and overall recognition effect and precision. |
| US11247228B2 |
Methods for fabricating transparent icephobic coatings, and transparent icephobic coatings obtained therefrom
Some variations provide a method of forming a transparent icephobic coating, comprising: obtaining a hardenable precursor comprising a first component and a plurality of inclusions containing a second component, wherein one of the first component or the second component is a low-surface-energy polymer, and the other is a hygroscopic material; applying mechanical shear and/or sonication to the hardenable precursor; disposing the hardenable precursor onto a substrate; and curing the hardenable precursor to form a transparent icephobic coating. The coating contains a hardened continuous matrix containing regions of the first component separated from regions of the second component on an average length scale of phase inhomogeneity from 10 nanometers to 10 microns, such as less than 1 micron, or less than 100 nanometers. The transparent icephobic coating may be characterized by a light transmittance of at least 50% at wavelengths from 400 nm to 800 nm, through a 100-micron coating. |
| US11247223B2 |
Direction-adjustable shower head fixing structure
A direction-adjustable shower head fixing structure includes a shower head main body and a connecting seat. The shower head main body is movably connected to the connecting seat through a connecting structure. The connecting structure includes a ball joint fixed to the connecting seat and a locking mechanism disposed in the shower head main body and cooperating with the ball joint. After connected, the shower head main body is rotatable about a ball head of the ball joint to adjust the spray angle of the shower head. Through the locking mechanism to hold or release the ball head quickly, the shower head can be taken or fixed conveniently. |
| US11247217B2 |
Double-flow nozzle
Disclosed is a double-flow nozzle according to the present invention, the double-flow nozzle including: a body portion provided with a space portion defined at an inner side thereof; a first discharge pipe provided at the body portion and discharging a first fluid being supplied to the space portion; and a second discharge pipe discharging a second fluid while being in a state inserted into the first discharge pipe, wherein the first discharge pipe, in a state spaced apart by a predetermined gap from an outer surface of the second discharge pipe, includes a plurality of swirl-generating flow passages spaced apart by a predetermined interval from each other and arranged along a circumferential direction of the second discharge pipe. |
| US11247216B2 |
Methods for sterilely connecting a container to a blood processing set
Apparatus, systems and methods are disclosed relating to certain aspects of blood processing, collecting or storing, including method and system for automated authentication, processing device with scanner, blood container with two dimensional barcode, blood collection containers, blood container label and related tracking method, integrated container system, and processing device with sterile connection device. |
| US11247215B2 |
Centrifuge and swing bucket rotor
A centrifuge includes a swing rotor. Rotor arms of the swing rotor have recesses into which hangers of the swing rotor at least partially swing in a swung-out state. As a result, the centrifuge container and thus also the centrifuges are more compact, because the swinging-out requires less space. An inertial mass of the swing rotor is reduced due to the recesses provided therein, whereby energy consumption, primarily when starting the centrifuge, is significantly reduced. |
| US11247214B2 |
High intensity conditioning prior to enhanced mineral separation process
A system for separating mineral particles of interest from an ore features mineral processing operations/stages/circuits configured to receive an ore, or mineral particles or concentrates formed by processing the ore, and provide processed mineral particles or concentrates, or a waste stream, for further enhanced mineral separation downstream processing; an enhanced mineral separation processor having a collection apparatus located therein, the collection apparatus having a collection surface configured with a functionalized polymer including molecules having a functional group configured to attract the mineral particles of interest to the collection surface, the enhanced mineral separation processor receive the processed mineral particles or concentrates, or the waste stream, and provide further enhanced downstream processed mineral particles or concentrates, or a further enhanced downstream processed waste stream; and a high intensity conditioning operation, stage or circuit configured to apply a high intensity form of energy to the processed mineral particles or concentrates, or the waste stream, prior to further enhanced mineral separation downstream processing by the enhanced mineral separation processor. |
| US11247213B2 |
Flotation method
A flotation method for recovering valuable metal containing ore particles from ore particles suspended in slurry is disclosed. In the method, the slurry is treated in an at least one overflow flotation cell and the valuable metal containing ore particles are recovered by conducting the continuous upwards flow of slurry out of the at least one overflow flotation cell as slurry overflow. At least part of the slurry overflow is conducted to a further treatment step in a treatment system. |
| US11247205B2 |
Surface-modified interfaces of pneumatic valves with enhanced electrical properties
Surface-modified glass and polymer membrane interfaces form high-electrical resistance seals that can be used in microfluidic valves and array devices tailored for electrophysiological measurements. The incorporation of high seal resistance valves into the array device allows only the desired electrophysiological signal to be detected by a patch clamp amplifier, enabling parallel experiments with one patch clamp amplifier, which can greatly improve the cost efficiency. To achieve the desired high seal resistance, surface modification was performed on the glass components to increase the interaction between the glass and the membrane surfaces. The valves exhibit seal resistance of >500 GΩ after modification, which is 100× higher than reported for unmodified valves. |
| US11247191B2 |
Amidoxime-functionalized materials and their use in extracting metal ions from liquid solutions
A method of producing a functionalized material that extracts metal ions from solution, the method comprising: (i) providing a precursor material having nitrile groups appended to its surface; and (ii) reacting said nitrile groups with hydroxylamine or a derivative thereof in the presence of a polar aprotic solvent at a temperature of 60-80° C. for at least 1 hour, to convert at least a portion of said nitrile groups to amidoxime and imide dioxime groups, followed by reaction with a base capable of hydrolyzing any remaining nitrile groups to carboxylic acid groups; wherein said functionalized material has a higher uranium absorption capacity than a functionalized material produced under same conditions except that the nitrile groups are reacted with hydroxylamine in only a protic solvent. The invention is also directed to functionalized materials produced by the above-described method, and methods for using the functionalized material for extracting metal ions from metal-containing solutions. |
| US11247190B2 |
Composite material, its manufacture and use in gas purification
The invention provides a composite material formed from an inorganic mesoporous, or mesoporous-like, material that is dispersed throughout a polymeric matrix formed by a crosslinked polymer that has acidic- or basic-residues and which may also optionally have further acidic- or basic-residues grafted onto the inorganic mesoporous material. The resulting composite material may be used to remove acidic or basic impurities from a gas in need thereof and can be easily regenerated. |
| US11247184B2 |
Methods and systems for spillback control of in-line mixing of hydrocarbon liquids
Methods and systems of admixing hydrocarbon liquids from two or more sets of tanks into a single pipeline to provide in-line mixing thereof. In an embodiment of the in-line mixing system, hydrocarbon liquids stored in at least one tank of each of two or more sets of tanks positioned at a tank farm are blended into a blend flow pipe via in-line mixing and the blended mixture is pumped through a single pipeline. In one or more embodiments, the in-line mixing system employs a separate spillback or recirculation loop that is fluidly connected to each set of the two or more sets of tanks to control the flow of the hydrocarbon fluid/liquid from each set of tanks to the blend flow pipe. Associated methods of operating one or more embodiments of the system include regulation of spillback or recirculation loop flow rate and/or pressure to drive the actual blend ratio towards a desired blend ratio. |
| US11247183B2 |
Beverage dispensing assembly and container for use in a beverage dispensing assembly
Beverage dispensing assembly, comprising a container and a tapping apparatus having a chamber in which the container fits and can be entered into through an opening closable by a lid, such that the container is enclosed between the lid and an opposite end of a chamber, wherein spaced apart from the lid and preferably at said opposite end of the chamber a first connector is provided, for feeding pressurised gas into the container through a gas inlet provided in the container, and at the side of the opening of the chamber a pressure element is provided for pressing the container with the gas inlet onto the first connector. |
| US11247180B2 |
Method, spinneret and system for fabricating multilayer membranes
The present invention is related to a method for fabricating multilayer singlebore membranes (10) or multilayer multibore membranes (20) for ultrafiltration applications including the following method steps: (a) feeding at least a material of a substrate (12), at least one material of a functional layer (14, 15) and a bore fluid (36) to a spinneret (30) simultaneously; (b) forming said membranes (10, 20) as a tube-like string (54) in a one-step process in said spinneret (30); (c) thereby assigning a functionality to said functional layer (14, 15) applied on at least one surface (13, 17) of said substrate (12). The invention is also related to a spinneret (30) for fabricating multilayer singlebore membranes (10) or multilayer multibore membranes (20), using the inventive method, and to a system comprising such a spinneret (30). |
| US11247178B2 |
Method for processing a protein-containing suspension or protein-containing solution
The invention relates to a method for the processing of protein-containing suspensions or solutions, for example for concentrating or purifying the protein-containing particles or dissolved protein-containing substance contained in the suspensions or solutions, wherein the protein-containing suspensions or solutions are filtered by means of a filter module and the protein-containing particles or dissolved protein-containing substance retained in the filter module are conveyed out of the filter module by means of a backwashing fluid. |
| US11247173B1 |
Two-stage mixer
A two-stage mixer may include a guiding element and a mixing element. The guiding element may be configured to be fixedly mounted to an interior of an exhaust conduit. The mixing element may be configured to be fixedly mounted to the interior of the exhaust conduit in a position downstream from the guiding element. The mixing element may include a central disk, a plurality of mounting arms extending radially from the central disk, and a plurality of blades extending radially from the central disk. At least one mounting arm of the plurality of mounting arms may include a fin extending therefrom, and at least one blade of the plurality of blades may include a fin extending therefrom. |
| US11247171B2 |
Metal catalyst support, manufacturing method and apparatus therefor
Provided is a method of manufacturing a metal catalyst support including: transferring a plate member of the same size along a transfer unit; aligning the plate member so that a front portion of the plate member is located at a start point when the plate member reaches a set position; forming a corrugated plate by alternately forming a first corrugated portion and a second corrugated portion on the plate member which is aligned at the start point; and laminating the fabricated corrugated plates and the flat plates alternately in a case. |
| US11247165B2 |
Material phase between conductive layers
A chromatograph is provided for identifying components of a mixture. Components are identified by different rates of adsorption and/or desorption with a material phase. In one embodiment, an electrical lead is connected to the material phase for supplying an electrical charge to the material phase. The electrical charge alters the rate of adsorption/desorption of the components with the material phase. In another embodiment, the material phase is disposed between two conductors with electrical leads connected to each of the conductors. A charge differential between the two conductors alters the rate of adsorption and/or desorption of components with the material phase. |
| US11247164B2 |
Filter for gas generator and gas generator
A filter for gas generator has an outer geometry substantially of a hollow cylinder and it is formed by a wound body of a metal wire. The metal wire is made of an elongated member having a V-shaped cross-section orthogonal to a direction of extension thereof. A V-shaped groove defined in the metal wire faces a hollow portion in the filter for gas generator and an angle α of the V-shaped groove is not smaller than 130[°] and not greater than 140[°]. |
| US11247163B1 |
Localized air filtration system
An air purification unit is provided for individuals seated at a table that has a unit body adapted to be mounted at a mounting height at or above the approximate head height of individuals seated at the table, and in a position between the individuals. A motorized fan system is provided within the unit body that is configured to draw air from at least one inlet proximate the bottom of the unit body. A filter is positioned in communication with the inlet and the fan system for filtering air drawn through the inlet. The unit body has at least two ducted outlets disposed radially or axially for discharging filtered air toward the individuals, while the unit prevents cross-flow of breath air between the individuals. |
| US11247160B2 |
Air purifier housing
An air purifier housing comprises an outer cover and a bottom bracket with a center cavity which is open downwards and insertion grooves, recessing openings stretching into the center cavity are formed in side walls of the insertion grooves, insertion rods are fixed on the outer cover, which is inserted into the insertion grooves through the insertion rods; installation grooves corresponding to the recessing openings are in the insertion rods; and a limiting structure is in the center cavity and comprises a driving part and inner container protrusions which correspond to the recessing openings, and the driving part connects with the inner container protrusions and drives them to reach a first position where the inner container protrusions stretch out of the insertion grooves to be inserted into the installation grooves of the insertion rods or to reach a second position where the inner container protrusions retreat into the center cavity. |
| US11247159B2 |
Round filter element, in particular for gas filtration
A filter device is disclosed having a round filter element having a filter medium body with an open interior. The filter element is installable into a filter housing having a base filter housing and a housing cover, in which an inflow opening of the cover overlaps against and aligns with an inflow opening of a base housing part such they form a continuous inflow opening. A support mesh cage arranged on the radially outer wall of the annular filter medium body. The filter housing has a longitudinally extended cross-sectional shape in which the inflow opening and an outlet opening are both arranged on the base housing part at opposing sides of the base housing part. |
| US11247155B2 |
Removable fluid removal pump filter
The present invention provides a removable fluid removal pump filter for mounting on a fluid intake housing of a fluid removal pump having a fluid intake housing coupled to a pump shaft coupled to a head assembly having a pump handle and a discharge port. The removable fluid removal pump filter includes: a first member and a second member, wherein the second member is coupled to the first member and extends toward the proximal end of the first member. Methods of using the removable fluid removal pump filter are also disclosed. |
| US11247152B2 |
Filter insert and a filter arrangement
The invention relates to a filter insert (100) for being removably arranged in a filter housing, wherein the filter insert (100) comprises a drainage member (104) projecting from a first end of the filter insert, wherein the drainage member projects in a transverse direction in relation to an axial direction of the filter insert. |
| US11247149B2 |
Systems and methods for securing a sealing member on a filter assembly
A filter assembly comprises a filter housing defining an internal volume, a filter element positioned within the internal volume, and a gasket retainer. An outer edge of the gasket retainer is coupled to a top end of the filter housing, and an inner rim thereof forms a gasket retainer ledge. The filter assembly further comprises a retainer loop comprising a retainer loop main body. A plurality of retainer arms extend axially from the retainer loop main body towards the gasket retainer. Each of the plurality of retainer arms comprise a retainer arm ledge extending radially towards the retainer loop main body and snap-fit to the gasket retainer ledge. A retainer loop sidewall extends from the main body away from the gasket retainer. An outer surface of the retainer loop sidewall defines a curvature. A sealing member is removably positioned around the outer surface of the retainer loop sidewall. |
| US11247147B2 |
Purification of oil
A system (1; 101) and a method for purification of oil, said system comprising:—at least one feed tank (3) comprising oil to be purified;—a separation aid dosing device(13);—at least one basic sedimentation tank (21a, 21b) comprising at least one inlet (23a, 23b) connected to the feed tank (3) and to the separation aid dosing device (13) for receiving oil to be purified and separation aid, said at least one basic sedimentation tank (21a, 21b) further comprising at least one sludge phase outlet (41a, 41b) provided in a bottom part (37a, 37b) of the basic sedimentation tank and at least one oil phase outlet (39a, 39b);—at least one advanced sedimentation tank (121) comprising at least one sludge phase inlet (122) connected to the at least one sludge phase outlet (41a, 41b) of the at least one basic sedimentation tank (21a, 21b), said advanced sedimentation tank (121) further comprising at least one sludge phase outlet (141; 141a, 141b) connected to a sludge tank (143) and at least one oil phase outlet (139a, 139b; 39), wherein said advanced sedimentation tank (121) further comprises at least one sensor (55; 55a, 55b, 55c) for detecting the presence of an oil phase or a sludge phase. |
| US11247145B2 |
Gas—liquid flow splitting (GLFS) system
The present disclosure provides a gas-liquid flow separation system configured to separate a fluid stream containing both gas and liquid components into separate gas and liquid streams. The separation of the components permits the collection of data relating to the volume of each stream. In some embodiments, the separation system provides for the subsequent recombination of the streams in a homogeneous mixture for processing by downstream facilities. Also, the present disclosure provides a manifold system configured to receive fluid streams from a plurality of sources, combine the streams into a single blended stream containing both gas and liquid components. Subsequently, the system provides for separation of the gas from the liquid components and optional recombination of the same. |
| US11247143B2 |
Perforated layer coalescer
This disclosure generally relates to perforated filter media and coalescing filter elements utilizing perforated filter media. One example coalescing filter element is structured to separate a dispersed phase from a continuous phase of a mixture. The filter media includes a first coalescing layer. The first coalescing layer includes a first filter media. The first filter media has a plurality of pores and a first perforation. Each of the plurality of pores is smaller than the first perforation. The first perforation is formed in the first filter media and extends through the first filter media. The plurality of pores are structured to capture a portion of the dispersed phase. The first perforation is structured to facilitate the transmission of coalesced drops of the dispersed phase through the first coalescing layer such that the coalesced drops of the dispersed phase are separated from the portion of the dispersed phase captured in the first coalescing layer. |
| US11247136B2 |
Enhanced amusement vehicles and a method for simulating power-ups in-game virtual vehicle enhancements and virtual weaponry for improved race experience
An amusement vehicle, retrofittable kit hardware gamification attachment, and method for simulating power-ups in-game virtual vehicle enhancements and virtual weaponry for improved racing experience are disclosed. Amusement vehicle comprises sensor-specific transmitters/receivers for communicating with other amusement vehicles moving in amusement environment. Amusement vehicle comprises a processor simulating power-ups in-game virtual vehicle enhancements and virtual weaponry based on sensor-specific signals transmitted to or received from other amusement vehicles. Power-ups and virtual weaponry are simulated by increasing/decreasing speed, causing damage, providing temporary protection from damage, freezing weaponry, and deactivating weaponry the amusement vehicle for pre-defined time corresponding to sensor-specific signals transmitted to or received from other amusement vehicles in gaming event of amusement environment. Amusement vehicle comprises cameras for capturing still images/video of amusement vehicle and surroundings. An adaptive video system (AVS) processes, transmits, and displays still images/video on a display screen of amusement vehicle and display device external from amusement environment. |
| US11247135B2 |
System and method for storing program code and data within an application hosting center
A system and method are described for storing program code and data within an application hosting center. For example, one embodiment of a computer-implemented method comprises: subdividing program code and/or data used to execute an online application into a first type and a second type; storing program code and data of the first type in a first type of memory, the first type of memory providing relatively low latency memory access; storing program code and data of the second type in a second type of memory, the second type of memory providing relatively higher latency memory access compared to the first type of memory; retrieving program code and data from the first memory and the second memory in response to a client request to execute an online application; and transmitting a streaming interactive video stream representing images generated by the application to the client. |
| US11247132B2 |
Non-transitory computer-readable recording medium and method for controlling communication between a server device and a terminal device
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium containing a program, which, when executed by processing circuitry of a terminal device that communicates with a server device, causes the processing circuitry to: execute a game part, the server device being for storing ranking information including a plurality of first points each corresponding to each of a plurality of user groups to each of which one or more users belong, the ranking information also including a rank of each user group determined based on the corresponding first point; in response to an execution result of the game part satisfying a first condition, transmit, to the server device, a request for changing the first point corresponding to a first user group among the user groups to which the user of the terminal device belongs; and receive, from the server device, the ranking information updated based on the first point after being changed. |
| US11247131B2 |
Ranking list display method in game system, and system for executing the method
A ranking list display method in a game system, which can easily execute ranking confirmation of a user, who is a ranking confirmation target, such as the user himself/herself, a friend or a rival, is provided. The ranking list display method in a game system includes determining a position in a ranking list of a game of a user who is a ranking confirmation target in relation to a display range of the ranking list which is currently displayed on a terminal, and displaying a pointer, which corresponds to the determined position in the ranking list of the user who is the ranking confirmation target in relation to the display range of the ranking list which is currently displayed on the terminal, within the display range of the ranking list which is currently displayed on the terminal. |
| US11247130B2 |
Interactive objects in streaming media and marketplace ledgers
A system and method for providing interactive media streaming is provided. Media and a set of activity data associated with the media may be stored in memory. The set of activity data may include information about the activity and one or more objects shown in the activity. A user selection of the media may be detected. Object information for one or more object images displayed may be retrieved from the associated set of activity data. A list of retrieved object information may be displayed. |
| US11247128B2 |
Method for adjusting the strength of turn-based game automatically
The present invention relates to a method for adjusting the strength of turn-based game automatically. The method provides a search algorithm for inquiry and giving decision results. The decision results can be used for filtering and giving filtered results. Then a probability distribution result can be provided to control the virtual node inside the computer host. Furthermore, the game result can be used for adjusting the performance of the virtual node in the game. Thereby, the client node can evaluate its performance in the game conveniently. |
| US11247127B1 |
Systems and methods for modifying game assets of an online gaming platform based on tradeable items
Systems and methods for modifying game assets based on tradeable items that are associated with user accounts of users of the online gaming platform are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: store, in electronic storage, item information associated with the tradeable items; obtain a first item identifier of a first tradeable item; obtain first user information of a first user account; link the first tradeable item with the first user account such that a first item-account connection is established; store the first item-account connection; obtain, based on the first item identifier, the first modification information; receive, from the first user, an indication of a selection of a first game asset to be modified based on the first modification information such that a first asset-item connection is established; and modify, based on the first modification information, the first attribute information in accordance with the first tradeable item. |
| US11247125B2 |
Apparatus for managing online game, method and system therefor
An apparatus for managing an online game. The apparatus including a processor and a memory. The processor is configured to identify a set of client devices engaged in an online game; identify game parameters associated with client devices in the set; define group of client devices from the set of client devices, wherein the at least one group of client devices includes client devices with similar game parameter; determine communication latency between each of the client devices in the group of client devices and a server; define subgroup of client devices from each of the group of client devices, wherein the subgroup of client devices includes client devices with a similar communication latency; and enable the client devices in the subgroup of client devices to engage in a game session of the online game. |
| US11247123B2 |
Game controller
A game controller is provided. The game controller includes a first handheld body and a first support unit. The first handheld body includes a first operation interface and a first connection portion. The first operation interface is electrically connected to the first connection portion. The first support unit is pivotally connected to a side of the first handheld body. The first support unit is foldably disposed on a side of the first handheld body. When the first support unit is in an unfolded state, a mobile device is fixedly disposed between the first support unit and the first handheld body. |
| US11247115B2 |
Fluid-based exoskeletal body armor with climate control
A protective system including: a protective suit capable of withstanding the force of an impact without tearing, the protective suit including: a head portion; a neck portion connected to the head portion; a torso portion connected to the neck portion; a fluid bladder formed in at least two of the head portion, neck portion and torso portion, the fluid bladder containing a fluid; and an alert indicator for indicating when the force of an impact on the fluid bladder exceeds a predetermined threshold. |
| US11247114B2 |
Information processing device, storage medium, and information processing method
An information processing apparatus includes circuitry that analyzes a motion of a user by determining a start time and an end time of a motion session from characteristics of motion data regarding the motion of the user. The motion data is indicative of a type of sports-related motion performed by the user. |
| US11247111B2 |
Sports ball throwing machine lift
A sports ball throwing machine lift (SBTML) includes a first machine upright post and a second machine upright post that are configured to attach to a sports ball throwing machine. The SBTML further comprises a rod connected vertically between the first machine upright post and the second machine upright post. The SBTML further comprises a base, a plurality of wheels attached to a lower surface of the base, and an upright post that extends up from the base. The SBTML further comprises a lifting bar that is pivotably connected to an upper portion of the upright post. The SBTML further comprises a lifting device configured to cause the lifting bar to lift the rod. The lifting device includes a mechanical jack or an electric actuator. |
| US11247108B2 |
System and method for integrating physical, moving targets into a game, sport or other activity
The invention generally relates to a system and method for integrating physical, moving targets into a game, sport or other activity, including the specific method of how to track the moving target and the interaction of one or more users as the target moves. The system and method for integrating physical, moving targets into a game, sport or other activity enables a plurality of users to simultaneously attempt to hit a moving target in the field of play with a moving object while tracking the moving target and moving object using a combination of sensors located on or around the field of play and on or around the moving target and/or moving object. |
| US11247106B2 |
Golf club heads with variable face thickness
A club head with a variable face thickness includes a body having a toe, heel, sole, and top portion. The loft angle LA and the club head mass mh satisfy mh=2.1 g/degree*LA+a, where 190 g |
| US11247101B2 |
Methods and systems for facilitating the memorization of exercise routines to users
Methods and systems are provided for facilitating the automated generation of motion-graphics automated training routine content, such as for facilitating the memorization of exercise routines like fitness, dance or other exercise routines. |
| US11247100B2 |
Behavior dominated search in evolutionary search systems
Roughly described, a computer system uses a behavior-driven algorithm that is better able to find optimum solutions to a problem by balancing the use of fitness and novelty measures in evolutionary optimization. In competition among candidate individuals, a domination estimate between a pair of individuals is determined by both their fitness estimate difference and their behavior difference relative to one another. An increase in the fitness estimate difference of one individual of the pair over the other increases the domination estimate of the first individual. An increase in the behavior distance between the pair of individuals decreases the domination estimate of both of the individuals. Individuals with a higher domination estimate are more likely to survive competitions among the candidate individuals. |
| US11247092B2 |
Portable full body workout system
Presented is a portable full body work out system for indoor and outdoor uses. The system includes a pair of mounts configurable over an intended surface, a pair of bracket assembles releasably mountable over the mounts, a strap with extending around one or more pulleys of one of the bracket assemblies and operatively connecting to a securing device, a resistance band releasably mountable around a retainer member of one of the bracket assemblies and another coupled to the securing device. The securing device is selectively operated during initial set up to allow the user to adopt to an appropriate position to connect an external exercising accessory to the strap for performing an exercise. The user is able to select the desired resistance for the exercise, or reduce the selected resistance, or combine resistances for even greater resistance by selecting appropriate resistance bands, and/or changing the tension applied on the strap. |
| US11247089B2 |
Chemical and biological warfare agent decontamination drone
A drone that can pour a variety of chemical agents such as oxidizers, silica gelling agents, enzymes, and neutralizers onto areas contaminated with chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction. The use of a drone to destroy the chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction is highly beneficial since it allows the exposed toxic areas to be remotely decontaminated without the presence of humans. |
| US11247088B2 |
Fire extinguishing device and method for extinguishing a fire
Fire extinguishing device (100). The invention is characterised in that the fire extinguishing device comprises a flask engagement means (110), arranged to engage with a flask (10) for compressed carbon dioxide and to hold the fire extinguishing device in an operating orientation in relation to such a flask; an actuating means (120), arranged to apply a pressure on a valve (13) of said flask when in said operating orientation so that the valve as a result of said pressure opens and carbon dioxide flows out from the flask, which actuating means in turn comprises a lever means (121) for transferring a force applied by a user within said actuating means (120) for applying said pressure; and a carbon dioxide directing means (130), arranged to direct a jet (20) of carbon dioxide flowing out from the flask when said valve is open. |
| US11247087B2 |
Automated structure and curtilage protection system and associated methods
Embodiments of the present invention are related to an automated structure and curtilage protection system including a mechanical system hub, a piped network, a plurality of spray nozzles, and a remote user control portal. The mechanical system hub includes at least one of a control center, a pump, a pressure tank, a plurality of controllable valves, and a chemical injector assembly. The system is structured to autonomously take system action depending on a hierarchy of preprogrammed threat levels. The system is also structured to autonomously deliver water at set time intervals onto a structure and curtilage when instruction sets corresponding to relative threat levels have been activated. The system is further structured to autonomously deliver chemically infused water solely onto a structure's curtilage for a set time interval when instruction sets corresponding to a relative threat level have been activated. |
| US11247086B2 |
Pilot actuator for actuating a control valve
A pilot actuator for controlling the operation of a control valve. The control valve can be part of a dry-type fire suppression sprinkler system in which the sprinkler piping network is filled with pressurized gas such as, for example, air, nitrogen, or another gas. The pilot actuator is a differential valve that actuates the control valve when the gas pressure in the sprinkler piping network is at or below a value for tripping or actuating the pilot valve to the open position. The pilot actuator has a ratio of a change in a trip pressure set point to a change in an inlet pressure that is in a range of 0.007 to 0.045. |
| US11247085B2 |
Self-expanding fire-fighting foam solution
A method of manufacturing a self-expanding fire-fighting foam solution is disclosed. Here, the method can include purging air from a container, wherein the purging is performed via flowing an inert gas into the container, such that substantially inert environment is created within the container. In addition, the method can further include dispensing or filling a pre-determined amount of foam concentrate into a container, dispensing or filling a pre-determined amount of water into the container, and mixing the foam concentrate and water within the container, wherein the mixed foam and water within the inert container provide the self-expanding fire-fighting foam solution and having a pH ranging from about 6.8 to 7.8 moles per liter. |
| US11247081B2 |
Method of rescuing a subject positioned in a vehicle and a rescue device
A rescue device for moving a subject includes a brace member for securing the arms and the torso of the subject together. The brace member includes a central section, a first lateral section and a second lateral section, and a fastener. The brace member is capable of forming a loop for securing the arms and the torso of the subject together by fastening the first lateral section to the second lateral section with the fastener. A ribbon member pair for moving and/or stabilizing a subject wearing the brace member when said rescue device is in use includes a first ribbon member having a first portion connected to the brace member and a second ribbon member having a second portion connected to the brace member. |
| US11247076B2 |
Tissue necrosis methods and apparatus
Apparatus and methods for creating tissue necrosis include an energy delivery apparatus that can be positioned adjacent a target treatment site such as a vessel without direct contact with the treatment site tissue. Collimated energy is then directed to the vessel to create necrotic regions in the tissue. Exemplary use in renal vessels creates necrotic regions in adjacent nerves which can alleviate hypertension in a patient. |
| US11247073B2 |
Particle radiation therapy apparatus
A particle radiation therapy apparatus 10 includes: a bed 15 for positioning of a patient 12; irradiation ports 16 (16a, 16b) that output a particle beam in a treatment room 11; a horizontal-direction imaging unit 21 composed of a first X-ray source 25 and a first X-ray detector 26 that face each other with the bed 15 interposed therebetween; a vertical-direction imaging unit 22 composed of a second X-ray source 27 and a second X-ray detector 28 that face each other with the bed 15 interposed therebetween; a storage room 18 for housing the first X-ray detector 26 under the floor when the horizontal-direction imaging unit 21 is not used; and a support member 23 that moves the first X-ray detector 26 above the floor and supports it between the bed 15 and the side of the irradiation ports 16 when the horizontal-direction imaging unit 21 is used. |
| US11247072B2 |
X-ray imaging system with a combined filter and collimator positioning mechanism
A radiation therapy system includes an X-ray imaging system that is configured with a combined and simplified filter and collimator positioning mechanism. In addition, an X-ray imager of the RT system is only positioned at a few discrete locations within a plane that is a fixed distance from the imaging X-ray source when generating X-ray images. As a result, for each of these discrete imaging positions, the simplified filter and collimator positioning mechanism positions a specific collimator-filter combination in a specific location between the X-ray source and the imager. |
| US11247068B2 |
System and method for providing light therapy to a user body
The invention provides a light therapy device for providing therapeutic treatment to a user's body, wherein the user may be a person or an animal. The device is using a light projection method for treating the body problems and/or skin disorders. Further, the device is having a rotatable assembly that automatically follows the movement of the desired area of the body needs to be treated. The device uses artificial intelligence, machine learning, localization modules, object detection module, image processing module, and 3D-mapping to automatically identify and treating the desired area of the body. Furthermore, the user can manually identify, select and prioritize desired treatment portion and can select the type of treatment required. |
| US11247063B2 |
Methods and devices for aesthetic treatment of biological structures by radiofrequency and magnetic energy
A device for providing a magnetic treatment by evoking muscle contraction by a time-varying magnetic field and providing a RF treatment by heating biological structure. The device includes an applicator having an RF electrode and a magnetic field generating device. The device may also include a main unit, a human machine interface, and a control unit. The control unit adjusts a signal provided to the RF electrode and controls an RF circuit, and also adjusts the signal provided to the magnetic field generating device and controls a magnetic circuit electrically insulated from the RF circuit. The RF circuit may include a power source and a power amplifier, and the magnetic circuit may include an energy storage device to supply the magnetic field generating device with electric current. |
| US11247061B2 |
Cardiac device system
In some examples, medical device systems that deliver anti-tachyarrhythmia shock(s) (e.g., defibrillation shock(s)) to a heart of a patient in coordination with the respiration of the patient. In one example, a medical device system including therapy generation circuitry configured to generate a defibrillation shock. The medical device system also includes processing circuitry configured to identify a time at which a respiratory volume of a lung of a patient is at approximately end tidal volume or less; and control the therapy generation circuitry to deliver the defibrillation shock to a heart of the patient at the time that the respiratory volume of the lung of a patient is at the approximately end tidal volume or less. |
| US11247058B2 |
Network-accessible data about patient with wearable cardiac defibrillator system
A data file system includes one or more files about a patient wearing a wearable cardiac defibrillator (WCD) system that has been assigned to them. The one or more files contain at least one patient identifier of the patient, compliance data about a history of the patient's wearing the WCD system, and possibly other data. The data file system can be accessed through a communication network when the patient uses a communication device. When so accessed, some of the contents can be viewed on a screen of the device, for example in the form of a website. In embodiments, the health care provider and friends and family can view such data and even enter inputs, which may create a situation that motivates the patient to comply better. |
| US11247054B2 |
Nanoparticles for use for enhancing brain performances or for treating stress
The present invention relates to the medical field, in particular to the enhancement of brain performances and to the treatment of pathological stress. More specifically the present invention relates to a nanoparticle or nanoparticles' aggregate for use in enhancing brain performances or in prevention or treatment of pathological stress in a subject when the nanoparticle and/or nanoparticles' aggregate is exposed to an electric field, wherein the nanoparticle's or nanoparticles' aggregate's material is selected from a conductor material, a semiconductor material, an insulator material with a dielectric constant εijk equal to or above 200, and an insulator material with a dielectric constant εijk equal to or below 100. It further relates to compositions and kits comprising such nanoparticles and/or nanoparticles' aggregates as well as to uses thereof. |
| US11247051B1 |
Systems and methods for controlled pacing of respiratory muscles
Systems and methods for providing respiratory pacing using a closed-loop adaptive controller that can self-adjust in real-time to meet metabolic needs of a subject are provided. The controller can use an adaptive pattern generator/pattern shaper architecture that can autonomously generate a desired ventilatory pattern in response to dynamic changes in arterial carbon dioxide levels and, based on a learning algorithm or machine learning, can modulate stimulation intensity and cycle duration to evoke the desired ventilatory pattern. |
| US11247043B2 |
Electrode interface devices for delivery of neuroregenerative therapy
Systems, devices and methods are disclosed related to shapeable lead assemblies. Such lead assemblies can be configured to be shaped in a desired manner before and/or during a procedure, such as, for example, after the lead assembly has been at least partially placed within the anatomy of a subject. The shapeable lead assembly can be shaped during a neuroregenerative procedure to contact and/or otherwise interface with a targeted nerve. |
| US11247042B2 |
Implantable electrical contact arrangement
An implantable electrical contact arrangement is described which has at least one electrode body arrangement composed otherwise entirely of biocompatible, electrically insulating material, with at least one freely accessible electrode surface enclosed directly or indirectly by the biocompatible electrically insulating material. The invention is characterized in that the electrode body arrangement has a stack-shaped layer composite which provides at least one gold layer connected to an iridium layer via a diffusion barrier layer. The stack-shaped layer composite by being completely encapsulated by an SiC layer, with the exception of at least one surface region of the iridium layer facing to be directed away from the layer composite. The SiC layer has an SiC layer surface which is facing to be directed away from the stack-shaped layer composite and which is adjoined directly or indirectly by the biocompatible, electrically insulating material. |
| US11247038B2 |
Matrix-coded medical device tracker and maintenance
A status monitoring function that simplifies the process of collecting status information for medical devices in a medical device system. Matrix codes are used to associate a medical device with a location. A maintenance application transmits the association information to a centralized tracking system. Status information about the medical device is also transmitted to the centralized tracking system from the maintenance application. |
| US11247037B2 |
Ventricular filling phase slope as an indicator of high pulmonary capillary wedge pressure and/or cardiac index
A controller is provided to determine a ventricular filling phase slope as an indicator of high pulmonary capillary wedge pressure and/or cardiac index. Flow rate values describing a blood flow rate through a ventricular assist device are received. A ventricular filling phase segment is identified from a portion of the received flow rate values. A slope of the received flow rate values during the identified ventricular filling phase segment is determined. The determined slope is compared to a predetermined threshold value. When the determined slope exceeds the predetermined threshold value based on the comparison, a warning is triggered regarding an elevated pulmonary capillary wedge pressure or a low cardiac index value. |
| US11247034B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for negative pressure wound therapy
Disclosed herein are several embodiments of a reduced pressure appliance and methods of using the same in the treatment of wounds. Some embodiments are directed to improved fluidic connectors or suction adapters for connecting to a wound site, for example using softer, kink-free conformable suction adapters. Certain embodiments are directed to connectors used to connect fluid passage tube used in transmitting negative pressure to a fabric channel used in a suction adapter. |
| US11247030B2 |
Body fluid drainage system
Drainage systems for excess body fluids and associated methods are disclosed herein. A body fluid drainage system in accordance with an embodiment of the present technology, for example, can include a catheter that has an exterior surface, a proximal portion, and a distal portion opposite the proximal portion. The body fluid drainage system can further include a valve device, a pressure sensor, and a controller operatively coupled to the valve device and the pressure sensor. The valve device can include an actuator positioned over the exterior surface of the catheter. The actuator is movable between an open position that allows body fluid flow through the catheter, a closed position that at least substantially obstructs the body fluid flow through the catheter, and intermediate positions that partially obstruct the body fluid flow through the catheter. The controller can change the position of the actuator in response to a predetermined condition of the pressure sensor. |
| US11247017B2 |
Capsule humidifier
A breathing gas humidifier capsule having an evaporator module with a heated, hydrophobic liquid water reservoir defined by water vapor-permeable walls. Liquid water in the hydrophobic reservoir is vaporized by a heater and the generated water vapor is entrained in a passing breathing gas stream. |
| US11247008B1 |
Flow triggered gas delivery
A fluid delivery system provides fluid, such as supplement oxygen, to a patient in response to inhalation. The fluid delivery system includes a valve assembly that is triggered by sensing onset of inspiration by measuring a change in temperature of air flow in a nasal or oral cannula, mask or helmet. |
| US11247004B2 |
Cartridge assembly with helicoidal activation
There is provided a cartridge assembly for an aerosol-generating system, the cartridge assembly including a cartridge, a cartridge cover, and a mouthpiece. The cartridge includes at least one compartment having an air inlet and an air outlet. The cartridge cover is helicoidally moveable with respect to the cartridge between a first position in which the air inlet is obstructed and a second position in which air may flow through the air inlet. The mouthpiece is helicoidally moveable with respect to the cartridge between a third position in which the air outlet is obstructed and a fourth position in which air may flow through the air outlet. |
| US11247000B2 |
Surgical gas delivery system with remote gaseous sealing module for maintaining stable pressure in a surgical cavity
A system for performing an endoscopic surgical procedure in a surgical cavity of a patient that includes a gas delivery device configured to deliver a flow of pressurized gas to a gas delivery lumen extending therefrom, a gaseous sealing module communicating with a distal end of the gas delivery lumen and configured to generate a gaseous seal within a gas sealed lumen extending therefrom, and an access port communicating with a distal end of the gas sealed lumen so as to provide sealed instrument access to the surgical cavity and maintain a stable pressure within the surgical cavity. |
| US11246999B2 |
Electronic cigarette
An electronic cigarette, including an atomizing assembly and a battery assembly. The atomizing assembly is disposed on the battery assembly. The atomizing assembly includes a mouthpiece cover, a mouthpiece, a seal holder, a first seal ring, an atomizing core, a silica ring, a first fixed seat, a joint, an insulation seat, a regulating ring, a fixed screw, an e-liquid container, an e-liquid feeder, a second seal ring, a first spring, an e-liquid guider, and a plug. The battery assembly includes a button, a decoration cover, second springs, switch buttons, a decoration ring, a button cap, a light guide, a second fixed seat adapted to fixing a printed circuit board, output electrodes, a third seal ring adapted to seal the output electrodes, third springs, fixed rings adapted to fix the output electrodes, a silica plug, a mainboard, a battery cell, and a base support. |
| US11246998B2 |
Aerosol-generating system with differential heating
An aerosol-generating system is provided, including an aerosol-generating article and an aerosol-generating device. The aerosol-generating article includes a first compartment having a first one of a volatile delivery enhancing compound source and a medicament source; and a second compartment having a second one of the volatile delivery enhancing compound source and the medicament source. The aerosol-generating device includes a cavity configured to receive the first compartment and the second compartment; and an external heater positioned about a perimeter of the cavity. The aerosol-generating device is configured to heat the first compartment and the second compartment so that the first compartment has a lower temperature than the second compartment. |
| US11246995B2 |
Hollow needle and pivotable hub system
A needling system, for use in areas where thin hollow needles are used to inject or aspirate fluids and gases, is provided and comprises a thin, rigid tube body needle that is open on both ends and throughout the length with one sharp end. The needle body and hub are designed such that the needle has a ball end that fits within a socket of the hub, forming a seal and allowing the needle to be oriented non-colinearly and non-parallel to the central axis of the hub. Needle orientation, relative to the hub, can be limited from a conical volume to a planar or multi planar angular orientations. The needle so configured allows the user to circumvent an obstacle that otherwise inhibits direct linear access to a point-of-interest by providing a device that can fit around or between obstructions providing optimal direct path towards the desired therapy delivery point. |
| US11246993B2 |
Safety device for a pre-filled syringe and an injection device
According to the invention, a safety device for a pre-filled syringe with an injection needle comprises of a support body adapted to mount the pre-filled syringe, a needle shield slidably arranged with respect to the support body, a retention and locking means (M) for retaining and locking the needle shield with respect to the support body in a first and a second advanced position (PA1, PA2) and in a retracted position (PR). The needle shield comprises an annular flange adapted to rest on the skin of the patient receiving an injection. The retention and locking means (M) are arranged at a distal end of the safety device. |
| US11246991B1 |
Method of injecting octreotide acetate into the body
A method of providing and/or injecting octreotide acetate to a subject in need thereof includes storing the octreotide acetate in a cartridge of a multi-use multi-dose injector provided with a variable dose setter and actuator. The injector includes a needle configured for subcutaneous administration of the octreotide acetate, the octreotide acetate having a concentration of 2,500 μg/mL. The method further includes providing, on the injector, a plurality of indicia only at prescribed doses of 50 μg, 100 μg, 150 μg and 200 μg settable via the dose setter without indicia between said prescribed doses; and permitting setting of a dose of the octreotide acetate by rotation of the variable dose setter, wherein the injector is configured to provide at least one audible feedback during the rotation. |
| US11246989B1 |
Small syringe with enhanced readability
A modified syringe barrel as a component for a syringe assembly. The barrel's outer wall bears a longitudinally-aligned projection which extends laterally and outwardly away from the barrel, thereby providing added surface for syringe indicia presentation, including elements of a graduated scale. The effect is a more flattened view of syringe markings for significant improvement in readability. |
| US11246987B2 |
Medicament delivery device
A medicament delivery device (100) for a delivery of a medicament from a container (12) through a cannula (16). The device comprises a chassis (300), a carriage (200), and an insertion spring (70) for biasing the carriage (200) for movement in an insertion direction with respect to the chassis (300) from a starting position in which the cannula (16) is shrouded to an insertion position in which the cannula (16) is extended. A drive mechanism (400) is provided for driving a stopper (22) of the container (12) to expel the medicament. The drive mechanism (400) is carriage by the carriage (200) and comprises a movable drive member (404), a drive means (40) for applying a driving force to the drive member (404), and a force transmission means (406) for transmitting the driving force to the stopper (22). The drive means (40) is arranged around or alongside at least part of the force transmission means (406). |
| US11246985B2 |
Infusion pump system and method with common line auto flush
An infusion pump system and method with common line auto flush, wherein the infusion pump system has a first reservoir, a second reservoir, a junction, a common line having one end in fluid connection with the junction and having a terminal fluid delivery end, and an infusion pump. The method includes infusing the first fluid at a first rate along a first flow path; entering a common line flush volume value for the common line; switching from the first flow path to a second flow path; driving the second fluid at the first rate along the second flow path; monitoring volume of the second fluid driven at the first rate; and driving the second fluid at a second rate along the second flow path when the monitored volume is equal to or greater than the common line flush volume value. |
| US11246983B2 |
Infusion device and method for administering a medical fluid to a patient
An infusion device includes a pump for pumping a medical fluid from a fluid container through a delivery line towards a patient at a flow rate, a sensor for measuring a force on the pump or the delivery line, and a processor device configured to derive, from the force measured by the sensor, a pressure value indicative of the pressure in the delivery line and to compare the pressure value to a threshold value for determining whether an occlusion in the delivery line is present. A storage device stores a compliance value associated with the pump and/or the delivery line, and the processor device is configured to compute, from the stored compliance value, the flow rate and the threshold value, an estimate of a duration between the time of an occurrence of an occlusion and the time at which the pressure value exceeds the threshold value. |
| US11246980B2 |
Pump device having a holding device for receiving a syringe
A pump device (1) for administering a medical fluid to a patient comprises a holding device (10) for receiving a syringe barrel (20) of a syringe (2), the holding device (10) comprising a stationary section (101) and a holding member (11) movable with respect to the stationary section (101) between an opened position and a closed position, wherein the holding member (11) is configured to secure, in the closed position, the syringe barrel (20) of a syringe (2) received on the holding device (10) with respect to the stationary section (101). A shaft (130) is coupled to the holding member (11), the shaft (130) being constituted to rotate during a movement of the holding member (11). Herein, a damping device (14) comprises a movable part (140) connected to the shaft (130) and rotatable together with the shaft (130) and a stationary part (141) fixed with respect to the stationary section (101) of the holding device (10), a rotational movement of the movable part (140) with respect to the stationary part (141) providing for a damping of the movement of the holding member (11). In this way a pump device for administering a medical fluid to a patient is provided which may provide for a secure fastening of a syringe barrel and at the same time helps to avoid a damaging of in particular smaller syringes by clamping forces of the holding member. |
| US11246977B2 |
Fluid delivery system
A fluid delivery system (1) includes a reservoir (7) for storing a fluid, a pumping chamber (8) and an actuator (20). The pumping chamber (8) has a volume, an inlet valve (48) providing selective fluid communication between the pumping chamber volume and the reservoir, an outlet valve (49), and a membrane (47) the displacement of which changes the pumping chamber volume. The actuator (20) moves a drive member (21) in reciprocating motion. The actuator (20) is disposed in a housing (9) having an aperture (36) from which the drive member projects. The reservoir (7) and the pumping chamber (8) are arranged in a cartridge (3) removably attachable to the housing. When the cartridge (3) is attached to the housing (9) the drive member (20) is operatively coupled to the pumping chamber membrane (47). The fluid delivery system may be applied to an infusion system for the infusion of a liquid therapeutic product, such as insulin. |
| US11246972B2 |
Universal portable machine for online hemodiafiltration using regenerated dialysate
Manifolds suitable for use in hemodialysis, hemofiltration, hemodiafiltration, and peritoneal dialysis are provided. One or more of the manifolds can include a manifold body and an external tube. The manifold body can include at least one conduit including a first conduit and at least one port including a first port in fluid communication with the first conduit. The external tube can be in fluid communication with the first port and can include a main segment, a first branch segment, and a second branch segment containing at least one bacterial filter. The first branch segment and/or second branch segment can include at least one flow restrictor. Dialysis machines, systems, and kits including one or more such manifold are also provided, as are methods of performing hemodiafiltration using such manifolds. |
| US11246970B2 |
Blood processing filter
Provided is a blood processing filter comprising a container having two spouts serving as an inlet for a liquid to be processed and an outlet for the processed liquid, and a filtration medium contained in the container, the filtration medium comprising a filter material having different CWST values for one surface A and the other surface B. |
| US11246965B2 |
Compositions and methods for reducing neointima formation
Compositions, devices, grafts and methods for reducing or preventing anti-neointima following cardiovascular injuries and interventions are disclosed. The compositions, devices, and grafts typically include an effective amount of a CTP synthase 1 inhibitor to reduce proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells, without substantial reducing the proliferation of endothelial cells. Methods of reducing neointima formation, accelerating re-endothelialization, and reducing restenosis in a subject using the compositions, devices, and grafts are also disclosed. |
| US11246959B2 |
Biocompatible fiber textiles for implantation
A biocompatible textile and methods for its use and fabrication are disclosed. The textile may be fabricated from electrospun fibers forming windings on a mandrel, in which the windings form openings having a mesh size between adjacent windings. The textile may also be fabricated by the addition of solvent-soluble particles incorporated into the textile while the windings are formed. Such particles may be removed by exposing the textile to a solvent, thereby dissolving them. Disclosed are also replacements for animal organs composed of material including at least one layer of an electrospun fiber textile having a mesh size. Such replacements for animal organs may include biocompatible textiles treated with a surface treatment process. |
| US11246958B2 |
Haemostatic compositions
A sterile, ready-to-use, flowable haemostatic composition comprises a soluble haemostatic agent comprising a plurality of carriers and a plurality of fibrinogen binding peptides immobilised to the carrier; a biocompatible liquid; and particles of biocompatible cross-linked polysaccharide suitable for use in haemostasis and which are insoluble in the biocompatible liquid. Such compositions may be used for the control of bleeding, especially in surgical procedures. |
| US11246957B2 |
Systems and methods for making hydrophilic foams
Provided herein are methods for making foam materials and foam material products having a polyurethane foam matrix defining a plurality of pores, a hydrophilic agent retained within at least a portion of the pores for improving an absorption of the foam material, a salt retained within at least a portion of the pores in an amount sufficient to render the foam material isotonic, a surfactant retained within at least a portion of the pores in an amount sufficient to be released upon contact with a moist surface. Also provided herein are methods for making a multilayer foam by casting a second foam layer on a first foam layer substrate and compressing the second foam layer before the second layer is fully cured to form an interface layer in situ. |
| US11246952B2 |
Ultraviolet surface sanitizing system and method
A system and method for sanitizing a surface is disclosed. The surface is formed of a material transparent to ultraviolet light. Ultraviolet light is generated within the material opposite to the surface. The ultraviolet light passes through the material to illuminate and sanitize the surface. The material may be formed into the shape of a door handle which is sanitized. The system and method may also include a sensor for determining when to sanitize the surface. |
| US11246949B2 |
Imaging contrast agents and uses thereof
Provided are macrocyclic compounds having a macrocyclic core which has at least one macrocyclic donor and at least one pendant group which has at least one donor group. The macrocyclic compounds can be complexed to Fe(II) and Ni(II). The macrocyclic compounds can be used in imaging methods. For example, the compounds can be used MRI paraCEST contrast agents. |
| US11246947B2 |
Recombinant AAV-crumbs homologue composition and methods for treating LCA-8 and progressive RP
The present invention relates to a Crumbs homologue (CRB) therapeutic for use as a medicament or in a method of treatment or prophylaxis, for example in the treatment or prophylaxis of a retinal disorder due to mutations in the Crumbs homologue-1 (CRB1) gene, such as Leber's congenital amaurosis 8 (LCA8) or retinitis pigmentosa 12 (RP12). In particular, the present invention relates to a recombinant viral vector comprising CRB2 or modified non-toxic forms of either CRB1 or CRB3 that resemble CRB2. |
| US11246939B2 |
Immunoregulatory protein-siRNA complex having anticancer activity
A fusion protein-siRNA complex according to the present disclosure binds specifically to cancer cells, is taken up effectively by the cells, and exhibits anticancer activity as it is degraded by lysosomes. The fusion protein-siRNA complex provides maximized anticancer activity so that the cancer cells can be removed by autoimmunity, by inhibiting the immunity of the cancer cells and enhancing phagocytosis by macrophages. |
| US11246937B2 |
One-step processing of hydrogels for mechanically robust and chemically desired features
The application of a highly controlled, micron-sized, branched, porous architecture to enhance the handling properties and degradation rate of hydrogels is described in the instant invention. A previously described pattern created through one-step nucleated crystallization in a hydrogel film creates tunable mechanical properties and/or chemical stability for use in tissue engineering applications. The bulk mechanical properties and the degradation rate of the material can be tuned easily by the addition or subtraction of crystalline structure or by the addition and subtraction of backfill material, making this useful for a variety of applications. Relevant mechanical properties that can be tuned through the application of this unique porosity are moduli, elasticity, tensile strength, and compression strength. The method of the present invention can be applied to biopolymers and natural materials as well as synthetic materials. |
| US11246934B2 |
Nanoparticles and methods for preparation thereof
The invention provides a nano-sized particle comprising a cross-linked polymer, wherein the polymer is selected from the group consisting of a polyacrylic acid homopolymer; polymethacrylic acid homopolymer; poly(alkylcyanoacrylate) polymer; a copolymer comprising at least two monomers selected from acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, hydroxyethyl acrylate, hydroxyethyl methacrylate, and alkyl cyanoacrylate/cyanoacrylic acid monomers; carboxymethyl cellulose; alginic acid polymer, polylactic-polyglycolic acid (PLGA), and xanthan gum; and wherein said polymer is cross-linked with a metal ion. A process for preparing such particles is also provided. |
| US11246920B2 |
Compositions and methods for inducing HIV-1 antibodies
In certain aspects the invention provides HIV-1 immunogens, including envelopes (CH0848) and selections there—from, and methods for swarm immunizations using combinations of HIV-1 envelopes. |
| US11246919B2 |
Glycoconjugate vaccines comprising basic units of a molecular construct expressing built-in multiple epitopes for the formulation of a broad-spectrum vaccine against infections due to enteropathogenic bacteria
The present invention refers to new glycoconjugate antigens expressing built-in multiple epitopes and to polyvalent glycoconjugate vaccines intended for the protection of mammalians, and particularly for the protection of the human population from enteropathogenic bacteria, such as the Gram-positive anaerobic bacterium Clostridium difficile and the Gram-negative bacteria Salmonella typhi, Escherichia coli, Vibrio cholerae, Shigella flexneri, Salmonella typhimurium, Salmonella enteritidis, Salmonella paratyphi A, Shigella sonnei, Shigella dysenteriae, Salmonella cholerasuis, Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and/or from viral gastrointestinal infections due to human noroviruses. |
| US11246918B2 |
Haemophilus influenzae saccharide-carrier conjugate compositions and uses thereof
Provided herein are Haemophilus influenzae saccharide-carrier conjugates and compositions thereof. Also provided are methods of making and using the conjugates and compositions thereof, and kits containing the conjugates. Haemophilus influenzae saccharide-lipid conjugates, Haemophilus influenzae saccharide-glycosphingolipid conjugates, compositions containing these, methods of making and using the conjugates and compositions, and kits containing these, are also disclosed. Saccharide-lipid conjugates, and saccharide-glycosphingolipid conjugates comprising saccharides from Haemophilus influenzae serotype a, as well as compositions containing these, methods of making and using the conjugates and compositions, and kits containing these, are also disclosed. |
| US11246908B2 |
Compositions comprising albumin-FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 ligand fusion proteins and uses thereof
The present invention provides a novel fusion protein of Flt3L and albumin and its use to increase the Flt3L half-life in vivo and to deliver Flt3L to immune cells in a subject to enhance alternative dendritic cell populations. Use of the fusion protein in combination with other chemotherapeutic, radiotherapeutic and immunotherapeutic methods are also provided. |
| US11246906B2 |
Compositions and methods for subcutaneous administration of cancer immunotherapy
The invention provides compositions, methods and treatment regimens for treating cancer comprising periodic subcutaneous administration of the fusion protein of SEQ ID NO:1 to a cancer patient resulting in enhanced activation of CD8+ T-cells with minimal effects on regulatory T cell (Treg) expansion and providing enhanced anti-tumor efficacy while also mitigating T cell inactivation/exhaustion. |
| US11246905B2 |
Treating infections using IdsD from Proteus mirabilis
The present disclosure provides, in some embodiments, compositions, kits, systems, and methods for reducing bacteria on a surface (e.g., a medical device) and preventing and/or treating a bacterial infection (e.g., urinary tract infection) in a subject using IdsD protein or a fragment thereof. |
| US11246900B2 |
Anti-inflammatory, analgesic and fast-healing external traditional Chinese medicine preparation and its preparation method
The present invention provides an anti-inflammatory, analgesic and fast-healing external traditional Chinese medicine preparation and its preparation method. The traditional Chinese medicine preparation includes following components in parts by weight: 30-80 parts of corydalis tuber, 20-90 parts of maifanitum, 20-50 parts of radix aconiti kusnezoffii praeparata, 10-45 parts of common clubmoss herb, 10-40 parts of clematis root, 10-40 parts of safflower, 5-40 parts of bryozoatum and 5-35 parts of oyster shell. The traditional Chinese medicine preparation has advantages of unique prescription, reasonable ratio, advanced preparation process, high active ingredient content, fast absorption, no irritation of ethanol preparation to the skin, convenient use, direct effect on the lesion location, fast and significant curative effect and no adverse effect on organs of the human body. |
| US11246898B2 |
Antiviral arthrospira maxima extract
The present disclosure provides various cyanobacterial extracts exhibiting antiviral activity to a wide spectrum of viruses, such as enterovirus (EV), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), Human Herpesvirus (HHV), Ebola virus, porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV), and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV). The cyanobacterial extract is prepared from biomass of A. maxima (or Spirulina maxima). Also disclosed herein are process for preparing the cyanobacterial extract and uses of the cyanobacterial extract. |
| US11246894B2 |
Superfood supplement for dogs and its manufacturing process
The present invention is an improved superfood supplement for dogs. |
| US11246889B2 |
Peptides and combination of peptides for use in immunotherapy against epithelial ovarian cancer and other cancers
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules. |
| US11246888B2 |
Slit2D2-chimeric antigen receptor and application thereof
A chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and a gene encoding the CAR. The CAR comprises an extracellular domain capable of binding to an antigen, a transmembrane domain, and intracellular immune co-stimulatory molecule, wherein the extracellular domain comprises a D2 domain of a Slit2 protein. A chimeric antibody-expressing cell, which introduces a gene encoding the CAR into a cell so as to express the CAR on the surface of the cell. The CAR or CAR-expressing cell can be used as a cell drug for the treatment of tumor diseases. By using the CAR for engineering cells, especially T cells, the engineered T cells can specifically recognize and kill tumors, and have higher tumoricidal activity. |
| US11246887B2 |
Prevention of infection by highly pathogenic viruses using topical application of povidone-iodine on mucous membranes
This invention is directed to methods for prevention of infections by highly pathogenic viruses by applying to the nasal mucous membranes topical preparations comprising the broad-spectrum antimicrobial agent povidone-iodine. |
| US11246886B2 |
Treatment of autism and autism spectrum disorders with biotin compositions
The present application relates to the treatment of autism and autism spectrum disorders using biotin compositions. |
| US11246881B2 |
Nanoparticle to target cancer
A construct, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, comprising: (a) a polyethylene glycol-block-poly(L-lysine) polymer moiety, wherein the polyethylene glycol is thiol-functionalized; (b) a cholecystokinin-B (CCK-B) receptor ligand coupled to the polyethylene glycol of the polymer moiety; and (c) a siRNA complexed with the poly(L-lysine) of the polymer moiety, wherein the construct is neutralized. |
| US11246879B2 |
Methods, agents, and devices for local neuromodulation of autonomic nerves
Methods, agents, and devices to treat medical conditions through local chemical neuromodulation of the autonomic nervous system are described. Drug formulations may be injected at or near ganglia, nerve plexi, ganglionated plexi, and nerves to treat different diseases. Target sites for the treatment of cardiac and other disease conditions may include extrinsic stellate (cervicothoracic) and cervical ganglia of the sympathetic chain, and intrinsic cardiac nerves and ganglionated plexi innervating the myocardium. |
| US11246877B2 |
Nanoparticles for chemotherapy, targeted therapy, photodynamic therapy, immunotherapy, and any combination thereof
Prodrugs containing lipid moieties attached to drug derivatives, such as anti-cancer drug derivatives, via linkers comprising disulfide groups are described. Also described are nanoparticles coated with a lipid layer containing the prodrugs, formulations comprising the nanoparticles, and the use of the nanoparticles in methods of treating diseases, such as cancer, alone or in combination with additional drug compounds, targeting agents, and/or immunotherapy agents, such as immunosuppression inhibitors that target the CTLA-4, PD-1/PD-L1, IDO, LAG-3, CCR-7 or other pathways, or multiple immunosuppression inhibitors targeting a combination of such pathways. Optionally, the nanoparticles can comprise a photosensitizer or a derivative thereof and can be used in methods involving photodynamic therapy. Synergistic therapeutic effects result from combinations of multiple modalities provided by the disclosed nanoparticles and/or nanoparticle formulations. |
| US11246876B2 |
Anti-cancer effects of JAK2 inhibitors in combination with thalidomide derivatives and glucocorticoids
The present invention provides methods of treatment for hematological malignancies involving synergistic combination of a JAK2 inhibitor and a glucocorticoid or a JAK2 inhibitor, thalidomide or thalidomide derivative, and a glucocorticoid. The compositions and methods provide an unexpected efficacy in the treatment for hematological disorders. The hematological disorders treated by the current invention include multiple myeloma, and may also include hematological disorders that are refractory to prior cancer treatments, or a relapsed hematologic disorder. |
| US11246873B2 |
Directed differentiation of oligodendrocyte precursor cells to a myelinating cell fate
The present invention provides methods of inducing differentiation of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells to a mature myelinating cell fate with a neurotransmitter receptor modulating agent. The present invention also provides methods of stimulating increased myelination in a subject in need thereof by administering said neurotransmitter receptor modulating agent. Methods of treating a subject having a demyelinating disease using a neurotransmitter receptor modulating agent are also provided. |
| US11246870B2 |
MPO inhibitors for use in medicine
The present disclosure relates to new therapeutic uses of MPO inhibitors and methods of treatment involving the same. |
| US11246866B2 |
Solid pharmaceutical compositions for treating HCV
The present invention features solid pharmaceutical compositions comprising Compound 1 and Compound 2. In one embodiment, the solid pharmaceutical composition includes (1) a first layer which comprises 100 mg Compound 1, as well as a pharmaceutically acceptable hydrophilic polymer and a pharmaceutically acceptable surfactant, all of which are formulated in amorphous solid dispersion; and (2) a second layer which comprises 40 mg Compound 2, as well as a pharmaceutically acceptable hydrophilic polymer and a pharmaceutically acceptable surfactant, all of which are formulated in amorphous solid dispersion. |
| US11246858B2 |
Immunoresponsive methods of treating tumors
Within the scope of the present invention is a new pharmacological strategy for the treatment of tumors based on anti-tumoral immune responses. |
| US11246856B2 |
Methods of treating resistant cancers
Provided herein is a method for reducing resistance in an individual having a drug resistant cancer, for example, a BRAF inhibitor resistant cancer. A Hippo signaling pathway inhibitor such as a Yes-associated protein 1 (YAP1) inhibitor, a Transcriptional Coactivator with PDZ-binding motif (TAZ) inhibitor, a Transcription enhancer domain (TEAD) inhibitor or a combination of these is administered. Also provided is a method of treating BRAF inhibitor resistance in an individual with a BRAF inhibitor resistant cancer, for example, malignant melanoma, with a Hippo signaling pathway inhibitor, such as Verteporfin, and a BRAF inhibitor. |
| US11246851B2 |
Pharmaceutical compositions of furosemide and uses thereof
A pharmaceutical composition and a method of administering the pharmaceutical composition to a patient suffering from edema, heart failure, kidney or liver disease or having symptoms thereof are disclosed. The pharmaceutical composition includes furosemide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate or ester thereof and a cyclodextrin. |
| US11246850B2 |
Methods of treating multiple sclerosis
Provided herein are methods of treating multiple sclerosis with a fumarate, wherein the fumarate is a dialkyl fumarate, a monoalkyl fumarate, a combination of a dialkyl fumarate and a monoalkyl fumarate, a prodrug of monoalkyl fumarate, a deuterated form of any of the foregoing, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, clathrate, solvate, tautomer, or stereoisomer of any of the foregoing, or a combination of any of the foregoing. The methods provided herein improve the safety of treatment by informing and monitoring patients undergoing treatment regarding progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, and/or by monitoring lymphocyte count. |
| US11246849B2 |
Nerve growth promoter
The nerve growth promoter of the invention contains a valine in which the hydrogen atom of the amino group may be substituted with a substituent. The nerve growth promoter of the invention has a high effect of promoting differentiation of stem cells into nerve cells and formation of neurites in nerve cells, and the active ingredient therein is hardly degraded by digestive enzymes. |
| US11246846B2 |
Trisodium citrate compositions having enhanced uptake across digestive mucosa
The present invention relates to formulations of certain amino acids, peptides and similar molecules in combination with trisodium citrate exhibiting improved bioavailability and enhanced uptake across digestive mucosa. The present invention relates particularly to formulation of trisodium citrate in combinations with leucine, iso-leucine, valine, arginine, sarcosine, glutathione, carnosine, glucosamine, creatine, protein hydrolysates and/or gamma-aminobutyric acid exhibiting improved uptake across digestive mucosa. More particularly, the improved uptake across digestive mucosa takes place across intestinal, esophageal and/or stomach mucosa. |
| US11246845B2 |
Autoimmune disorder treatment using RXR agonists
The present specification provides RXR agonist compounds, compositions comprising such RXR agonists, and methods using such compounds and compositions to treat an autoimmune disorder, inflammation associated with an autoimmune disorder and/or a transplant rejection as well as use of such RXR agonists to manufacture a medicament and use of such compounds and compositions to treat an autoimmune disorder, inflammation associated with an autoimmune disorder and/or a transplant rejection. |
| US11246841B2 |
Compositions and methods for treatment of erectile disfunction
The subject invention pertains to methods and compositions for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED) (e.g., impotence) in a subject in need thereof utilizing one or more cannabinoid and one or more anti-ED drug. |
| US11246839B2 |
Vaccine treatment and control infectious against viral pathogens utilizing heparan sulfate (HS) as cellular receptor
Vaccines of preferential administration via mucous membranes, for the control of viral diseases generated by infectious agents that use heparan sulfate (HS) as a cellular receptor consisting of an immunogenic formulation for veterinary use, comprising an antigen whose cellular receptor is heparan sulfate (HS), a vehicle for oral, intranasal or parenteral administration, wherein said vehicle corresponds to D-glucosamine and functionalized N-acetyl-D-glucosamine biopolymers, with sulfur atoms, and/or functionalized chitosan biopolymer, with sulfur atoms, and where the antigen is microencapsulated by said types of functionalized biopolymers. |
| US11246838B2 |
Thermoresponsive hydrogel containing polymer microparticles for noninvasive ocular drug delivery
A method for sustained delivery of an agent to an ocular organ in a subject, comprising topically delivering to the ocular surface a liquid thermoresponsive hydrogel comprising agent-loaded polymer microparticles, wherein the agent is sustainably released for a period of at least five days. |
| US11246836B2 |
Intramuscular depot of decoquinate compositions and method of prophylaxis and treatment thereof
Implants comprising an antimalarial agent such as decoquinate or another therapeutic drug are disclosed. The implants can be in the form of a complex comprising a drug, a lipid or lipids and optionally a polymer carrier. The present invention provides methods for preparing implants wherein the implants comprise decoquinate or another therapeutic drug, and a lipid or lipids such as cholesterol, monoglycerides, or diglycerides, and optionally a small percentage of a biocompatible polymer based on the total implant weight. The implants are useful for releasing a therapeutic drug at a constant level and maintaining a prophylactic or therapeutic level of the drug in a subject, for preventing a malarial infection or treating other diseases or disorders. |
| US11246834B2 |
Nutraceutical or pharmaceutical composition for use in the treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome or of diseases or disorders related thereto
A pharmaceutical or nutraceutical composition having at least one inositol and resveratrol for use in a) preventive and/or curative treatment in metabolic disorders related to polycystic ovary syndrome; b) treatment to reduce symptoms associated with polycystic ovary syndrome such as menstrual cycle alterations and infertility; and/or c) to decrease glucose, triglyceride and BMI levels in subjects with metabolic syndrome. |
| US11246831B2 |
Particle formulations and uses thereof
Aqueous dispersions of chemically and physically stable particles for use in delivery of active pharmaceutical ingredients and processes for their production and use to enhance a biological response to an active pharmaceutical ingredient and prophylactically or therapeutically treat a subject are provided. Vaccines, wherein the active pharmaceutical ingredient is a solution of subunit vaccine antigen mixed with a colloidal dispersion of electrically charged particles and use of such vaccines in immunization are also provided. |
| US11246830B2 |
Emulsified gel composition
The present invention provides an emulsified gel composition comprising a physiologically active substance, water, a gelling agent, an anti-peeling agent, and a surfactant having an HLB value of 18 to 20, in which the gelling agent is a nonionic water-soluble polymer, and the anti-peeling agent is one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of sucrose, sorbitol, polyethylene glycol, glycerin, a (meth)acrylic-based polymer compound, and a polyoxyethylene hydrogenated castor oil. |
| US11246828B2 |
Orally administered corticosteroid compositions
The present invention is directed to orally administered corticosteroid compositions. The present invention also provides a method for treating a condition associated with inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract in an individual. The method comprises administering to an individual in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition of the present invention. |
| US11246822B2 |
Biomedical composition for skin care and/or maintenance and delaying and/or inhibiting skin aging and the use thereof
A method for skin care and/or maintenance including applying or administering a preparation to a subject is provided. The preparation includes a biomedical composition, and the biomedical composition includes an effective amount of micelle, wherein the micelle includes a hyaluronic acid and/or a derivative thereof and a modified histidine. The modified histidine is grafted to at least one primary hydroxyl group of the hyaluronic acid and/or the derivative thereof, and a graft ratio of the modified histidine is 1-100%. Moreover, the hyaluronic acid and/or the derivative thereof and the modified histidine form the micelle on a weight percentage of 0.2-300:1. |
| US11246818B2 |
Peptides and compositions for use in cosmetics
A family of peptides with antioxidant and brightening activities is disclosed as well as cosmetic compositions having the peptides and cosmetic uses and methods of the peptides or cosmetic compositions. |
| US11246817B2 |
Antimicrobial composition
This invention relates to an antimicrobial composition, especially one which provides synergistic anti-dandruff efficacy. This is achieved through a judicious combination of anti-dandruff agent zinc pyrithione and an alcoholic compound of specific types. These compositions can be delivered through very many different types of personal care products e.g. shampoo or conditioner. |
| US11246816B2 |
Shampoo compositions comprising a chelant
Described herein is a shampoo composition and methods of using the same, the shampoo composition including a Class I and/or Class II chelant, a detersive surfactant, and a carrier. |
| US11246813B2 |
Composition for preventing hair loss or promoting hair development, comprising irone as active ingredient
Provided is a composition for preventing hair loss or promoting hair development, comprising, as an active ingredient, irone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. More specifically, provided is a pharmaceutical composition, a quasi-drug composition, a cosmetic composition, or a health functional food composition, for preventing hair loss, treating hair loss, promoting hair development, or promoting hair growth, the composition comprising irone or a salt thereof as an active ingredient. The composition not only contains, as an active ingredient, a natural compound having no adverse effects even when administered for a long period of time with respect to hair loss, a chronic disease, but also exhibits excellent and stable efficacy in hair development and hair growth, which allows the composition to be usefully used as an agent for preventing or treating hair loss, or a pharmaceutical, quasi-drug, cosmetic, or health functional food composition for promoting hair development or hair growth. |
| US11246809B2 |
Composition
The present invention relates to dentifrice compositions comprising spherical, anhydrous, amorphous, silica gel particles having a pore volume of less than 0.1 ml/g and an orally acceptable carrier. Such compositions can effectively clean, polish and remove stains from the surface of teeth or dentures without a high degree of abrasion thereby reducing scratching and damage to the tooth or denture surface. Such compositions thereby provide superior cleaning, polishing, gentle stain removal and whitening of tooth surfaces or dentures. |
| US11246808B2 |
Dental compositions comprising nanoparticles providing a refractive index differential between polymerizable resin and filler
Dental compositions and methods of formulating a dental composition are described. In one embodiment, the dental composition comprises a polymerizable resin comprising one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers or oligomers and nano-particles. The nanoparticles have a refractive index of at least 1.600 and an average discrete or aggregate particle size of no greater than 100 nm. The dental composition further comprises inorganic metal oxide filler having a discrete or aggregate average particle size of at least 200 nm. The nanoparticles are present at a concentration to provide a refractive index differential between the cured polymerizable resin and inorganic metal oxide filler such that the contrast ratio of the dental composition is at least 40. |
| US11246806B1 |
System and medication box for improving medication adherence
A medication adherence system and corresponding medication box for improving medication adherence. The system includes the medication box, which is transparent and has a machine-readable marker, such as a QR code, on or beneath the floor thereof. The marker is capable of being scanned and read through the transparent bottoms of individual chambers. Data embedded in the marker includes, but is not limited to, the user's medication plan, the date and time when the medication is to be ingested, and instructions for recording the date and time when the marker is scanned and read. The underlying software program/application processes this information and provides an indication as to the user's compliance with the medication plan. |
| US11246805B2 |
Dispenser system and methods for medication compliance
A medication dispensing system is provided and includes a medicine transfer device (MTD) and a controller. The MTD transfers medicine between first and second containers. The first container initially stores medicine. The controller: determines a first predetermined amount of medicine to be dispensed from the medicine dispensing system; causes the MTD to discharge a second predetermined amount of the medicine from the first container onto the MTD, and transfer a third predetermined amount of the medicine from the MTD to the second container; subsequent to the transfer of the third predetermined amount, determine whether the second container has greater than or equal to the first predetermined amount; and if the second container has less than the first predetermined amount, cause the MTD to transfer a portion of the medicine on the MTD into the second container or discharge a portion of the medicine in the first container onto the MTD. |
| US11246803B2 |
Vial puck system for automatic drug compounder
A vial puck configured for attachment to a vial containing a drug is provided. The vial puck includes various features for facilitating uniform control of vials of various sizes in an automatic compounder system. The vial puck features may include a vial recess for receiving a vial of a particular size and securing the vial within the vial recess. The features may also include a cylindrical central portion, perpendicular extensions that extend from a top of the cylindrical central portion, a gear extending from the cylindrical central portion, and a sealing member disposed in the cylindrical central portion. The vial puck may include a cylindrical protrusion configured to press against a septum of the vial to form a seal between the vial puck and the vial. The sealing member may be configured to receive a needle of the compounder system therethrough to allow access to the vial. |
| US11246797B2 |
Massage glove and vehicle-mounted massage device
A massage glove and a vehicle-mounted massage device are provided. The massage glove includes a glove body, at least one acupuncture point massager and a controller. The acupuncture point massager is arranged on the glove body at a position corresponding to an acupuncture point on a hand. The acupuncture point massager is configured to massage the acupuncture point so as to relieve a physical fatigue of a user. The controller is configured to output a control signal to the acupuncture point massager, so as to enable the acupuncture point massager in accordance with the control signal. |
| US11246796B2 |
Adjustable piston
Techniques and devices for extending a piston, for example connected to a medical device such as a mechanical CPR device, to accommodate different sized patients, are described herein. In some cases, a piston of a mechanical CPR device may include an inner piston at least partially slidable into an external piston sleeve. In one aspect, an external piston spacer may be attached to an outward surface of the inner piston to extend the length of the piston. In another aspect an internal bayonet sleeve may contact one or more locking rods at various positions, enabling adjustment of the length of the inner piston. In yet another aspect, a piston adapter may be removably attached to the end of the piston. In all aspects, the change in length of the piston may be detected and used to modify movement of the piston, for example to more safely perform mechanical CPR. |
| US11246793B2 |
Ear pumps
A manual ear pump including one or more of a support element configured to releasably engage an external ear canal and having an interior chamber, a resilient element capable of being resiliently deformed coupled to a support element, and an aperture disposed on a support element bottom surface communicating with the external ear canal and interior chamber. |
| US11246783B2 |
Method and system for positioning a patient
A method for positioning a patient in a prone position including the following steps: positioning a patient in a supine position, attaching to the chest of the patient an inflatable chest cushion in a deflated state, attaching to the pelvic region of the patient an inflatable pelvis cushion in a deflated state, transferring the patient from the supine position to a prone position, with the chest cushion attached to the chest and the pelvic cushion attached to the pelvic region and the patient in the prone position, inflating the chest cushion and the pelvis cushion, thereby providing that the chest cushion and the pelvis cushion together bear the weight of the torso of the patient with the abdominal region of the patient being decompressed. The method provides reliable positioning the patient, which is safe for the patient and safe, hygienic and user friendly for the medical team. |
| US11246780B2 |
Methods and apparatus for body weight support system
A body weight support system includes a trolley, a powered conductor operatively coupled to a power supply, and a patient attachment mechanism. The trolley can include a drive system, a control system, and a patient support system. The drive system is movably coupled to a support rail. At least a portion of the control system is physically and electrically coupled to the powered conductor. The patient support mechanism is at least temporarily coupled to the patient attachment mechanism. The control system can control at least a portion of the patient support mechanism based at least in part on a force applied to the patient attachment mechanism. |
| US11246777B2 |
Haptic systems and methods for a user interface of a patient support apparatus
A patient support apparatus comprises a patient support surface for patients. The patient support apparatus comprises a user input device, a controller, and an ultrasonic generator system. The controller is configured to control the ultrasonic generator system to provide haptic sensations to the user. The haptic sensations, in some cases, provides tactile stimuli to a user associated with a virtual button. |
| US11246774B2 |
Smart electric wheelchair for the elderly
The present invention is a smart electric wheelchair for the elderly, which comprises a battery for power supply and a control system for integrally controlling the electric wheelchair, and also comprises a body bracket, wherein the bottom of the body bracket is connected with a standing platform for a user to stand, a driving unit is provided on each side of the standing platform to drive the electric wheelchair; and a foldable seat is provided in the middle of the body bracket, and an armrest is provided on each side of the seat, with at least one of the armrests provided with a controller for controlling the entire electric wheelchair. The electric wheelchair is provided with a plurality of sensors which include a ranging and positioning sensor and/or an obstacle avoidance sensor, and further include an identification sensor, wherein the identification sensor identifiably corresponds to a one-to-one mobile identification device worn by a user, so that the electric wheelchair can automatically follow the user's position according to the collaboration between the mobile identification device and the sensor. The present invention solves the drawbacks of existing similar apparatuses and gives the elderly a better use experience, showing both practical and economical significance. |
| US11246769B2 |
Absorbent cores and methods for forming absorbent cores
Pulpless absorbent cores and methods of manufacture are disclosed. A first exemplary absorbent core may comprise a carrier sheet having a first edge region, a central region, and a second edge region and particulate material disposed on the carrier sheet through the first edge region, the central region, and the second edge region. The absorbent core may additionally have an absorbent core width and the central region may have a central region width, and the central width may comprise between 33% and 75% of the absorbent core width. Further, the central region may comprise an average basis weight of particulate material that is at least 110% of an average basis weight of particulate material within at least one of the left edge region and the right edge region. |
| US11246760B2 |
Self-adhesive member
A self-adhesive member for adhering to and covering a portion of a user's skin is disclosed. The self-adhesive member has a backing layer having a self-adhesive coating. The backing layer has a first and a second portion, where the first portion surrounds the second portion, and where the first portion has a first row of slits extending along an outer edge of the backing layer and being distanced a first distance therefrom and the second portion being either void of slits or being provided with fewer slits per area unit than the first portion. |
| US11246758B2 |
Open-cavity, reduced-pressure treatment devices and systems
An open-cavity, reduced-pressure treatment device and system for treating a cavity in a patient's body, such as an abdominal cavity, is presented. In one instance, an open-cavity, reduced-pressure treatment device includes a plurality of encapsulated leg members, each having an interior portion with a leg manifold member and formed with fenestrations operable to allow fluid flow into the interior portion, and a central connection member fluidly coupled to the plurality of encapsulated leg members. The central connection member has a connection manifold member. The open-cavity, reduced-pressure treatment devices, systems, and methods allow for, among other things, removal of fluids. |
| US11246756B2 |
Healthcare textiles
Single layered nonwoven wound dressings containing (1) about 5% by weight to about 95% by weight (e.g., 5% to 95%) non-scoured, non-bleached greige cotton fibers, (2) about 5% by weight to about 95% by weight (e.g., 5% to 95%) bleached cotton fibers, and (3) about 5% by weight to about 60% by weight (e.g., 5% to 60%) hydrophobic fibers (e.g., polypropylene, nylon); all percentages adding up to 100 wt %. Also, multi-layered nonwoven wound dressings, containing (1) at least one inner layer containing (a) about 50% by weight to about 95% by weight (e.g., 50% to 95) non-scoured, non-bleached greige cotton fibers and (b) about 5% by weight to about 50% by weight (e.g., 5% to 50%) hydrophobic fibers, all percentages adding up to 100 wt %, and (2) at least one outer layer containing (a) about 5% by weight to about 95% by weight (e.g., 5% to 95%) non-scoured, non-bleached greige cotton fibers, (b) about 5% by weight to about 95% by weight (e.g., 5% to 95%) bleached cotton fibers, and (c) about 5% by weight to about 60% by weight (e.g., 5% to 60%) hydrophobic fibers (e.g., polypropylene, nylon); all percentages adding up to 100 wt %. |
| US11246753B2 |
Manually adjustable intraocular flow regulation
An implanted intraocular shunt can be manually manipulated, without surgical intervention, to modify the flow resistance of the shunt, thereby providing relief from high intraocular pressure while avoiding hypotony. For example, through application of pressure along a surface of the eye, a portion of the shunt can be displaced or separated relative to the shunt, thereby decreasing a flow resistance of the shunt. |
| US11246751B2 |
Dispensing devices and methods
Disclosed herein are improved dispensing devices for facilitating application of eye drops that are ergonomic, promote improved patient adherence, and eliminate the need for extraneous gadgets or facilitating devices that may add additional expense to users. A dispensing device can include a container body for storing drops and a nozzle coupled to the body for dispensing the drops. The device can include one or more channels defined on a surface of the container body and configured to couple, or otherwise mount or abut, to an anatomical structure of a user (such as, for example, a user's nose bridge or eyebrow ridge). The device can also include one or more grip areas defined on the container body and configured to allow a user to generally hold the device and to apply force thereto to dispense drops from the device. |
| US11246749B2 |
Waterproof personal thermoregulation system for the active individual
Disclosed are thermoregulatory systems. In particular, thermoregulatory devices are incorporated into garments for warming and cooling a user's body. Thermoregulatory devices are waterproof and breathable, which allow thermogenerators such as hot packs and cold packs, to remain dry while still allowing air flow such that thermogenerators using air-activated chemical reactants remain active. Thermoregulatory devices are particularly useful with garments maintaining the thermogenerators close to the body's core where they will be most effective. The thermoregulation systems advantageously allow a user to selectively position thermoregulatory devices in different regions of the user's body to self-regulate core body temperature. |
| US11246748B2 |
Applicator device and related apparatus
Disclosed is an applicator device for an apparatus used in a localized cryotherapy treatment. The applicator device is configured, when positioned over a body area to be treated, to receive and to uniformly distribute across the entire area covered thereby a stream of medium, such as air, adjusted to a temperature equal to or above −40 degrees Celsius (° C.) and directed, at a predetermined speed, via the applicator to the area to be treated, whereby a cold-induced thermal shock response is developed in skin and an underlying tissue within the area covered by the applicator. Related apparatus and a method are further provided. |
| US11246747B2 |
Method and system to detect changes in a patient's endogenous temperature set-point during externally induced targeted temperature management
Systems, methods and devices for utilizing heat transfer parameters or energy expenditure of devices providing controlled hypothermia, normothermia or hyperthermia to detect changes, or the absence of changes, a patient's endogenous set-point temperature; which is not available during exogenously induced targeted temperature management. A particular embodiment would allow detection of fever in patients undergoing targeted temperature managed. |
| US11246746B2 |
Thermal transfer device for providing thermal treatment to a patient
A thermal transfer device for providing thermal treatment to a patient. A patient support portion supporting and contacting the patient includes a first segment of a fluid flow path to receive a fluid from a fluid source. A flexible covering coupled and movable relative to the patient support portion defines a space therebetween that substantially conforms to the patient. The flexible covering includes a second segment of the fluid flow path. The fluid is circulated through an inlet, an outlet, and fluid flow path for supplying heat to or removing heat from the patient support portion and the flexible covering. A fluid circulation system with a controller may selectively adjust heat transfer from temperature zones defining the patient support portion. The thermal transfer device or a mattress cover may provide for controlling the microclimate, or conditions at or near the interface between the patient and the patient support portion. |
| US11246745B1 |
Sleep apnea treatment system
An adjustable dental appliance having an upper tray and a lower tray is provided. The upper tray includes an upper dentition-interfacing layer and an upper support layer. The upper support layer has indentation tracks oriented in a mediolateral direction when an arch shape of the upper tray is aligned with an upper dental arch. The lower tray includes a lower dentition-interfacing layer and a lower support layer. The lower support layer has rails attached to an upper surface thereof and oriented in a mediolateral direction when an arch shape of the lower tray is aligned with a lower dental arch. The rails of the lower tray fit securely into the indentation tracks of the upper tray and thereby interlock the upper tray and lower tray. |
| US11246741B2 |
Method and apparatus for mandibular support
A mandible support device comprising a structural member comprising a support component and an adhesive component. The support component is configured to extend from the head or face above the mandible to the region of the gonial angle, or from the gonial angle on a first side of a face to the gonial angle on a second side of a face, across the premaxilla region of the face. The adhesive component is configured such that the structural member can be temporarily attached to the skin. |
| US11246727B2 |
Suture esophageal stent introducer
A stent delivery system includes an elongate shaft including a proximal portion, a distal portion, at least one lumen extending at least partially therethrough, and a stent receiving portion on the distal portion of the elongate shaft. A stent is positioned on the stent receiving portion of the elongate shaft, the stent having a first configuration and a second configuration. A proximal constraining arrangement is engaged with a proximal end of the stent and a distal constraining arrangement is engaged with a distal end of the stent, the distal constraining arrangement including a first distal constraining member engaged with a first distal portion of the stent and a second distal constraining member engaged with a second distal portion of the stent. When the stent is in the first configuration, the proximal restraining assembly and the distal restraining assembly applies an axial mechanical force to the distal constraining member. |
| US11246724B2 |
Adjustable prosthetic limb system
An adjustable socket system includes a socket frame having a proximal area, a distal area opposite the proximal area, a first component arranged along a first side of the socket system, and a second component arranged along a second side of the socket system. The first component is connected to the second component. A tubular insert is arranged on an interior of at least the proximal area of the socket frame. The tubular insert forms an interior surface of the socket system. At least one tensioning element operatively connects the tubular insert to the first and/or second components. At least one tensioner is attached to the at least one tensioning element that selectively tensions the tensioning element to adjust a circumference of at least one area of the socket system. |
| US11246722B2 |
Prosthetic attachment device for osseointegrated implants
Technology is described for easy and safe attachment of a prosthetic limb to a percutaneous post that has been osseointegrated into the remnant limb of an individual with limb loss. A quick-disconnect device for a prosthetic limb can comprise a percutaneous post support assembly comprising a post locking assembly attached to a percutaneous post. A roller support can be coupled to the percutaneous post support assembly and can support torsional breakaway rollers. A release housing assembly can be coupled to the percutaneous post support assembly, and can comprise a limb support housing supporting a limb attachment structure to support a prosthetic limb. The release housing assembly comprises a torsional breakaway spring. The plurality of torsional breakaway rollers are each biased to the torsional breakaway spring to generate a spring force to restrict or limit rotation of the percutaneous post support assembly. Other breakaway springs and rollers are provided for bending release and axial release. |
| US11246716B2 |
Implant with deployable blades
An implant, comprising a body having a superior surface and an inferior surface, a superior-inferior axis, and a lateral axis. The implant further includes a first blade having a first retracted position in the body and a first extended position where the first blade extends outwardly from the body. In addition, the implant may include a blade actuating member that can translate through the body in directions parallel to the lateral axis. When the blade actuating member is moved in a first direction along the first axis, the first blade moves towards the first extended position. When the blade actuating member is moved in a second direction opposite the first direction, the first blade moves towards the first retracted position. Further, in the first extended position, the first blade extends from the superior surface at a first non-zero angle with respect to the superior-inferior axis. |
| US11246713B2 |
Methods and apparatus for performing spine surgery
Systems and methods are described for correcting sagittal imbalance in a spine including instruments for performing the controlled release of the anterior longitudinal ligament through a lateral access corridor and hyper-lordotic lateral implants. |
| US11246708B2 |
Medical use honeycomb structure
A medical use honeycomb structure having a plurality of through-holes extending in one direction, wherein an outer peripheral section of the medical use honeycomb structure has a through-hole groove formed by incomplete side walls of the through-hole, and a through-hole inlet adjacent to the through-hole groove. |
| US11246706B2 |
Transcatheter mitral valve stent frames
A prosthetic heart valve may include a stent having an inflow end, an outflow end, a collapsed condition, and an expanded condition. The prosthetic valve may also include a collapsible and expandable valve assembly disposed within the stent and having a plurality of leaflets. The prosthetic valve and/or stent may include features to anchor the prosthetic valve to a native valve annulus and to seal the prosthetic valve with respect to the native valve annulus, such as planar and/or nonplanar annular sealing members coupled to ends of the stent. The stent may include one or more circumferential rows of anchor members or hooks extending radially outwardly from the stent. These hooks may be configured to extend in a particular direction when the stent is in the collapsed condition to facilitate resheathing of the stent if, upon deployment, a user determines the prosthetic heart valve is not positioned optimally. |
| US11246705B2 |
System and method for implant delivery
A method for delivering an implant including, a catheter having a shaft defined by a proximal end and a distal end and a bore extending therethrough; a first joint in the shaft, and a second joint in the shaft located distal of the first joint. The first joint and the second joint are separated by a first digit sized to receive the implant and located between the first joint and the second joint. The second joint and the distal end are separated by a second digit being sized to receive the implant. The implant is advanced through the first digit and into the second digit without bending the implant or the first and second digits by rotating the digits at the first joint and the second joint. |
| US11246697B2 |
Method and apparatus for creating a reconstructive graft
A method and apparatus is provided for creating an internal reconstruction tissue graft. Templates may be used to create a multitude of patterns in a variety of tissue reconstruction grafts. An apparatus may be used to create an internal tissue graft for reconstruction through either compression and/or removal of segments. An apparatus may be used, through either compression and or removal of segments of a preformed template made of synthetics and or metal that mirrors a template that can be used as an internal tissue graft for reconstruction. In a method, such as using software analysis and an apparatus, the physical properties of the tissue graft and its pre- and post-operative properties and appearance may be measured. |
| US11246696B2 |
Implants, tools, and methods for treatments of pelvic conditions
Described are implants, intermediate articles of manufacture (web constructions) useful for preparing implants, methods of forming the implants and intermediate articles, and related methods for treating pelvic conditions by use of the implants. The present invention relates generally to surgical implants (i.e., “implants”), intermediate articles of manufacture (web constructions) useful for preparing surgical implants, methods of forming the implants and intermediate articles, and related methods for treating pelvic conditions by use of the implants. |
| US11246695B2 |
Medical device comprising an artificial contractile structure
A medical device is provided including an artificial contractile structure which may be used to assist the functioning of a hollow organ. The medical device includes an artificial contractile structure including at least one contractile element configured to contract an organ, in such way that the contractile element is in a resting or in an activated position, at least one actuator configured to activate the contractile structure, and at least one source of energy to power the actuator. The medical device includes a corrosion reducing system configured to reduce corrosion of the medical device. |
| US11246675B2 |
Surgical C-section drape with tunnel
Disclosed is a surgical drape configured to selectively allow or block a patient's view of a surgical field, as is desired particularly in Caesarean section operations. Generally, the surgical drape includes a mainsheet and a screen connected to the mainsheet. The mainsheet is equipped with a surgical fenestration and the screen is equipped with a screen fenestration and a flexible tunnel material forming a tunnel between a surgeon-facing side of the screen and a patient-facing side of the screen. The drape is equipped with at least one flap that covers the screen fenestration during the surgical procedure. Upon birth, the infant is passed through the tunnel to greet the mother, and a flap is then closed to cover the screen fenestration. |
| US11246672B2 |
Axial motion drive devices, systems, and methods for a robotic medical system
Certain aspects relate to systems and techniques for driving axial motion of a shaft of a medical instrument using a drive device. Axial motion can include insertion and/or retraction of the instrument. For example, a robotic medical system can include a medical instrument comprising an instrument base and a flexible shaft configured for insertion into a patient, and a first robotic arm attachable to the instrument base of the medical instrument. The system also includes a drive device configured to engage the flexible shaft, and a second robotic arm attachable to the drive device. The second robotic arm is configured to operate the drive device to drive axial motion of the flexible shaft, and the first robotic arm is configured to move in coordination with operation of the drive device. |
| US11246671B2 |
Systems and methods for recentering input controls
Systems and methods of recentering an input control include a control unit configured to suspend teleoperated control of an end effector by the input control in response to a recentering request, determine a recentering move for the input control to provide positional and orientational harmony between the input control and the end effector, execute the recentering move, and reinstate teleoperated control of the end effector by the input control. In some embodiments, to determine the recentering move the control unit is configured to determine one or more first positions associated with the end effector, map the first positions to a view coordinate system, map the first positions from the view coordinate system to a console workspace coordinate system, and determine one or more second positions for one or more control points on the input control, the control points corresponding to the mapped first positions in the console workspace coordinate system. |
| US11246669B2 |
System and method for rapid halt and recovery of motion deviations in medical device repositionable arms
A system and method for rapid halt and recovery of motion deviations in a medical device includes a computer-assisted medical device having a first repositionable arm having one or more first repositionable elements, a second repositionable arm having one or more second repositionable elements, and a control unit communicably coupled to the first and second repositionable arms. The control unit is configured to control motion of the first repositionable arm and the first end effector based on a desired motion, monitor an actual motion of the first repositionable arm and the first end effector, determine whether the actual motion deviates from the desired motion by more than a predetermined threshold, and halt motion of the first repositionable arm and the first end effector, or of the second repositionable arm and the second end effector, when the actual motion deviates from the desired motion by more than the predetermined threshold. |
| US11246668B1 |
Minimally invasive surgical tool with asymmetric gear assembly
A surgical tool having a compact design is disclosed. The tool has a first set of prongs disposed along a first axis, a second set of prongs disposed along a second axis different from the first, and an asymmetric gear set. The gear set includes a rotatable first drive gear disposed on one of the first set of prongs and a rotatable first actuator gear disposed on one of the second set of prongs. The first drive gear is configured to drive the first actuator gear, forming a first gear pair. The gear set also includes a rotatable second drive gear disposed on one of the first set of prongs and a rotatable second actuator gear disposed on one of the second set of prongs. The second drive gear is configured to drive the second actuator gear, forming a second gear pair. The first gear pair and the second gear pair have different diameters. |
| US11246666B2 |
System and method for a tissue resection margin measurement device
Embodiments of the invention provide a system and method for resecting a tissue mass. The system for resecting a tissue mass includes a surgical instrument and a first sensor for measuring a signal corresponding to the position and orientation of the tissue mass. The first sensor is dimensioned to fit inside or next to the tissue mass. The system also includes a second sensor attached to the surgical instrument configured to measure the position and orientation of the surgical instrument. The second sensor is configured to receive the signal from the first sensor. A controller is in communication with the first sensor and/or the second sensor, and the controller executes a stored program to calculate a distance between the first sensor and the second sensor. Accordingly, visual, auditory, haptic or other feedback is provided to the clinician to guide the surgical instrument to the surgical margin. |
| US11246657B2 |
Electrosurgical resection instrument
An electrosurgical resection instrument for applying to biological tissue radiofrequency electromagnetic energy has a protective hull comprising a shaped piece of dielectric material mounted to cover an underside of an instrument tip of the instrument. The protective hull acts as a shield to protect tissue that may lie under the instrument tip from damage during treatment. The instrument may be particularly useful in procedures performed in a gastrointestinal tract, where bowel perforation is a concern, or in the pancreas, where damage to the portal vein or the pancreatic duct may occur when a tumor or other abnormality is being resected, dissected or removed. |
| US11246650B2 |
Arthroscopic devices and methods
An arthroscopic tissue resecting probe includes an elongated shaft having outer and inner sleeves which are formed from an electrically conductive material extending about an axis to a working end. Outer and inner resecting windows are formed in the sleeves in the working end. The working end includes a ceramic body having a collar portion extending fully around a region of the outer sleeve proximal to outer resecting window. A radiofrequency (RF) electrode is disposed on an outer surface of the ceramic body and is spaced-apart from the outer resecting window. |
| US11246649B2 |
Arthroscopic devices and methods
A resecting probe includes a shaft assembly having an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve. The outer sleeve has an axial bore and an outer window in a distal side thereof, and the inner sleeve has an axial extraction channel and inner window in a distal side thereof. The inner sleeve is rotationally disposed in the axial bore of the outer sleeve to allow the inner sleeve window to be rotated in and out of alignment with the outer sleeve window, and the shaft assembly forms a flow aperture in a distal portion when the inner cutting window and the outer cutting window are out of alignment. An electrode is carried on the inner sleeve, and a motor drive is coupled to rotate the inner sleeve relative to the outer sleeve. A controller is coupled to the motor drive and controls rotation of the inner sleeve. |
| US11246648B2 |
Surgical forceps with bilateral and unilateral jaw members
An endoscopic bipolar forceps includes a housing having a shaft extending therefrom with an end effector disposed at a distal end thereof. The end effector assembly includes a first and second jaw members having cam slots defined therein with distal and proximal sections at different angles relative to a longitudinal axis. Upon initial actuation of a handle, a cam pin engages the distal cam section of the first jaw member causing it to move relative to the second jaw member while the second jaw member remains stationary. Upon continued actuation of the handle, the cam pin engages the proximal cam section of the first jaw member causing the first jaw member to remain stationary while the second jaw member cams relative to the first jaw member to close against tissue disposed between the first and second jaw members. |
| US11246645B2 |
Electrosurgical electrode and method of manufacturing same
An electrosurgical device coated an epoxy modified rigid silicone powder coating. This coating is applied to the surfaces of an electrosurgical device minimize the build-up of charred tissue (i.e., eschar) on the surfaces of the electrosurgical device. |
| US11246643B2 |
Medical system with optimized effects
Provided is a medical system comprising a medical device, a feature sensor and a logic controller or processor wherein the logic controller is configured to monitor or control an operation of the medical device in response to the input of the feature sensor. Also provided is a method of monitoring or controlling an operation of a medical device by a logic controller through a plurality of sensors. Further provided is a method of minimizing or preventing tissue sticking of an electrosurgical device during a medical procedure on a patient. |
| US11246641B2 |
Systems and methods for treating the bladder with condensable vapor
A vapor delivery system and method is provided that is adapted for ablating bladder tissue to treat overactive bladder (OAB). The vapor delivery system includes an anchor tip configured anchor the system in the bladder while condensable vapor is delivered to target tissue. In one method, the vapor delivery system is advanced transurethrally into the patient to access the target tissue of the bladder, which can include a surface sensor of the bladder responsible for creating an urge incontinence sensation. The vapor delivery system includes a vapor source that provides a high quality vapor for delivery to tissue. |
| US11246637B2 |
Stimulating targeting needle
A surgical system may include a conductive stylet with a distal end advanceable into bone material and a proximal end coupled to a stylet hub. A handle is non-removably attached to the stylet hub, and removably attachable to an insulative cannula hub. The cannula hub is non-removably attached to a conductive cannula that surrounds the stylet when the handle is attached to the proximal end of the insulative cannula hub. An outer insulative sheath is slideably engaged to insulative cannula hub, and has a radiopaque distal tip. An electrical signal source may be applied to the stylet hub to conduct a pedicle integrity assessment. The handle and stylet may be removed from the cannula assembly, leaving the cannula assembly in place at the surgical site. |
| US11246636B2 |
Systems, methods, and apparatus for spinal deformity correction
Bone anchors and related systems and elements, such as means for engaging a ligament to a bone anchor for correction of spinal deformities. In some embodiments, the bone anchor may be configured for engaging vertebral bone and may comprise an exterior thread form and an interior thread form, which may be positioned within an interior chamber of the bone anchor that may open at the distal end of the bone anchor where an outer thread form may also terminate. The inner chamber may taper in an opposite direction relative to an outer surface of the bone anchor upon which the outer thread form is positioned. |
| US11246633B1 |
Kyphoplasty system and method
A kyphoplasty system disclosed herein includes various instruments which can be selectively used to perform a kyphoplasty operation on a patient. For example, in some embodiments the kyphoplasty system includes an inflation plunger that is used to deliver a balloon inflation medium to enlarge an implantable balloon device. Further, some embodiments described herein include a connection system between the implantable balloon device and its delivery shaft that is simple to construct and easy to use. For example, in some embodiments one or more sutures are used to releasably connect the implantable balloon device to its delivery shaft. |
| US11246628B2 |
Medical device and method to correct deformity
A system for correcting a spinal deformity includes an implant fixed to one side of a vertebra and a rod extending along an axis of the spine on a second side of the vertebra. An adjustment member, which may include a reel, is coupled to the rod. A force directing member, such as a cable, extends between the rod and the adjustment member. The force directing member is retractable toward and extendible from the adjustment member. A method of correcting spinal deformity includes providing an implant, a rod, an adjustment member coupled to the rod, and a force directing member extending between the rod and the adjustment member. The adjustment member can be retractable toward and extendible from the adjustment member. |
| US11246627B2 |
Pivotal bone anchor assembly with receiver having threaded lower opening
A pivotal bone screw assembly includes a shank with a capture portion having a spherical lower surface and a body having an anchor portion for fixation to patient bone, and a head member with a channel at a proximal end for receiving a rod and a central opening extending upwardly from a distal aperture through the channel to a top of the head member. The central opening further includes a proximal portion having partial cylindrical sidewalls with a first diameter and a mating structure formed therein for mating with a closure, a distal portion having a curvate surface having an inner edge defining the distal aperture with a second diameter less than the first diameter and for pivotably engaging the spherical lower surface of the capture portion, and a central portion between the curvate surface and the mating structure with a third diameter greater than the first and second diameters. At least a partial thread is formed into the distal aperture to provide for assembly of the shank into the head member. |
| US11246626B2 |
Coupling device for coupling a rod to a bone anchor
A coupling device for coupling a rod to a bone anchor includes a receiving part having a central axis, a coaxial passage, and an engagement recess extending laterally into the passage, and a pressure member having an expandable portion to clamp the head, a radially outwardly facing surface, and an engagement surface extending from the radially outwardly facing surface. The engagement surface of the pressure member is recessed from an outer surface of the receiving part. The pressure member is movable axially from a first position towards a second position where the receiving part directly engages the pressure member to increase a compression force on the expandable portion for clamping an inserted head. The engagement surface of the pressure member is engageable through the engagement recess of the receiving part by the instrument to move the pressure member axially from the second position back towards the first position. |
| US11246618B2 |
Surgical instrument soft stop
A surgical system comprising an elongate shaft and an end effector is disclosed herein. The end effector comprises a first jaw, a second jaw, and a staple cartridge comprising staples removably stored therein, wherein the first jaw is movable relative to the second jaw. The surgical system further comprises a first rotatable drive system configured to close the first jaw and a second rotatable drive system. The second rotatable drive system comprises a drive screw, a drive member movable between a proximal position and a distal position during a staple firing stroke, and a sled configured to eject the staples from the staple cartridge during the staple firing stroke. The sled is not pulled proximally by the drive member when the drive member is retracted. The end effector, the drive screw, and the sled comprise a replaceable assembly. |
| US11246613B2 |
Actuation mechanisms for tissue specimen retrieval devices and tissue specimen retrieval devices incorporating the same
A tissue specimen retrieval device includes an outer shaft including a proximal portion and a distal portion. The distal portion of the outer shaft includes a first jaw defining a first side of a lumen in the distal portion of the outer shaft. A second jaw defines a second side of the lumen in the distal portion of the outer shaft. The first and second jaws are actuatable between a closed configuration and an expanded configuration in which the first and second jaws are spaced relative to each other. A tissue specimen bag is supported by the first jaw and the second jaw. A bag brim of the tissue specimen bag defines a collapsed configuration when positioned in the lumen defined by the first jaw and the second jaw and an open configuration when the first and second jaws are in the expanded configuration. |
| US11246612B2 |
Clot engagement and removal system
A device including a clot engaging device having a collapsed delivery configuration and an expanded deployment configuration. The device can include a plurality of struts defining a plurality of cells; a seam extending along at least a portion of a length of a distal end of the clot engaging device, wherein the seam comprises a pattern configured for gripping a clot and extends between cells of the plurality of cells; and a distal scaffolding region being distally tapered, wherein the distal scaffolding region comprises cells smaller than cells of a remainder of the clot engaging device. |
| US11246611B2 |
Clot removal device and method of using same
A minimally invasive endovascular device for treating a blocked or obstructed biological lumen, such as a blood vessel fully or partially obstructed by deposits of biological matters in or non-biological matters. Certain embodiments of the present invention comprise two capture members that are configured to be placed on either side of the obstruction and enclose around the obstruction for removal. Embodiments of the present invention also provide methods for implementing an endovascular device according to aspects of the present invention. |
| US11246610B2 |
Alignment instruments and methods for use in total ankle replacement
Alignment instruments may include joint-line referencing systems having an alignment arm having a body with first and second portions defining first and second sides. The first portion has at least one first pin tube through-hole extending from the first to the second side. The second portion has a first opening on the first side. A pin tube guide member is receivable in the first through-hole. The pin tube guide member has a passageway therethrough. An angelwing alignment member includes a portion receivable in the first opening of the alignment arm. An alignment foot is secured to the second portion, and the alignment foot has a handle and a shim. The shim is positionable in a joint between a first bone and a second bone, the alignment arm is alignable relative to a first bone, and the pin tube guide is operable for securing a pin into the first bone. |
| US11246609B2 |
Knee instruments and methods
Knee arthroplasty instrument systems directly reference and align with the anterior distal femoral cortex and the mechanical axis of the leg. The anterior femoral resection is aligned in the same plane as the anterior distal femoral cortex. The center of the femoral head, the medial/lateral center of the distal femur, the medial/lateral center of the proximal tibia, and the second toe, medial/lateral center of the ankle, or anterior tibial spine are all aligned to the mechanical axis of the leg. Methods of using a cut guide assembly and referencing a provisional proximal tibial resection at the base of the tibial eminence are disclosed. |
| US11246606B2 |
Drill bit
Drill bits for cutting bones adjacent to soft tissue are disclosed. According to one example, the drill bit includes a working portion having a top cutting surface including a first top cutting surface and a second top cutting surface. The second stop cutting surface has an angle with respect to a line perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the drill bit that is less than an angle with respect to a line perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the drill bit of the first top cutting surface. |
| US11246604B2 |
Reaming assemblies for preparation of surgical sites
This disclosure relates to reaming assemblies and methods for repairing bone defects. The reaming assemblies disclosed herein may be utilized for removing bone prior to positioning a graft and/or implant at a surgical site. |
| US11246603B2 |
Dual stylus variable angle total knee instruments and methods
An instrument for setting a position of a resection of a distal femur or a proximal tibia in a total knee arthroplasty, the instrument comprising: a stable portion, the stable portion configured for orientation in a set position relative to said distal femur or said proximal tibia; a resection guide portion, the resection guide portion configured to guide a resection path for said resection; a resection guide body, the resection guide body associated with the resection guide portion in a fixed orientation; the resection guide body pivotally connected to the stable portion, whereby pivoting adjustment of the resection guide body on the stable portion sets a resection orientation of the resection guide portion; and the resection guide body having a lock for selectively locking the resection guide body to the stable portion at a plurality of selectable resection orientations. |
| US11246602B2 |
Pressure wraps and methods of using pressure wraps
Pressure wraps include an elongated elastic strap and an adjustable loop formed in the elongated elastic strap. The elongated elastic strap is wrapped around a subject to form a plurality of loops, and provides selectively variable amounts of pressure depending on the amount of tension applied to the elongated elastic strap as the loops are formed around the subject. The size of the adjustable loop is configured to be selectively varied via an adjustment component. Pressure wraps may include a plurality of discrete regions of hooks compatible with the pile of the elongated elastic strap, which are configured to inhibit unintentional unwrapping during application. A securement is configured to secure the distal end of the elongated elastic strap to an intermediate portion of the strap, thereby securing the pressure wrap with respect to the subject. The securement may include a manipulatable fastener and/or an automatic fastener for securing the strap. |
| US11246597B2 |
Handling of fasteners within a surgical instrument
Surgical instruments and their methods of use are disclosed. In some embodiments, the surgical instrument may include a handle and an elongated shaft assembly extending distally from the handle. The surgical instrument may also include a fastener deployment system for deploying fasteners from the elongated shaft assembly including a reciprocating driveshaft disposed within the elongated shaft assembly. The driveshaft may include an internal channel and at least one guide surface shaped and arranged to maintain an orientation of at least one fastener in the channel of the driveshaft. In other embodiments, the fastener deployment system may include a follower disposed within the elongated shaft assembly for displacing one or more fasteners within the elongated shaft assembly towards a distal fastener deployment position. |
| US11246595B2 |
Medical device for applying force on biological tissue, or the like
A medical device for at least partially covering and applying force on tissue includes a body having a spanning structure and struts respectively connected to lateral portions of the spanning structure. Inner ends of the struts extend into an area over which the medial portion of the spanning structure extends. The medical device is reconfigurable between extended and retracted configurations. The inner ends of the struts are closer to one another in the retracted configuration than in the extended configuration. The inner ends of the struts are closer to the medial portion of the spanning structure in the retracted configuration than in the extended configuration. Each strut includes an engagement zone configured to engage and apply force on the tissue, at least while the medical device is in the retracted configuration. A web can be connected to the struts and span between the inner ends of the struts. |
| US11246591B2 |
Multi-use loading unit
A cartridge assembly is disclosed. The cartridge assembly includes a channel and a removable assembly in releasable engagement with the channel. The removable assembly includes a cartridge body and a support plate. The cartridge body includes an engagement structure disposed adjacent a proximal end thereof. The support plate is configured to mechanically engage the cartridge body and includes an engagement structure disposed adjacent a proximal end thereof. The engagement structure of the cartridge body is configured for longitudinal alignment with the engagement structure of the support plate. The engagement structures of the cartridge body and the engagement structure of the support plate are configured to mechanically engage the engagement structure of the channel when the removable assembly is engaged with the channel. |
| US11246587B2 |
Surgical cutting and stapling instruments
Surgical methods for cutting and fastening tissue are disclosed. The methods may include employing a surgical end effector that includes a pair of jaws wherein an upper jaw is movable relative to a lower jaw that supports a surgical fastener cartridge. The methods may include manipulating the end effector to a compact configuration to facilitate its insertion through a trocar port and then manipulating and actuating the end effector to treat target tissue. |
| US11246580B2 |
Cantilever liver retraction devices and methods of use
Intra-abdominal liver retraction devices and methods of use. One device includes a body, a stabilizing member, and a lifting filament. The stabilizing member is configured to be swiveled so that the device can be introduced through a trocar into the abdomen of a patient. The filament pulls the stabilizing member into engagement with the abdominal wall while a foot section lifts the liver. Another device includes first, second and third sections coupled together by a filament. The first and second sections are pivotably connected by a first pivotable joint. The second and third sections are pivotably connected by a second pivotable joint including the flexible filament. The second and third sections are pivoted with respect to each other to form a support surface to lift the liver by pulling the filament. The second pivotable joint separates to enable the device to be removed. |
| US11246578B2 |
Tissue collection bags with inner surface pouches
A collection bag for specimen retrieval includes an outer surface and an inner surface. The inner surface includes pouches that prevent fluid from migrating out of the collection bag. The collection bag can be selectively coupled to an end effector of a specimen retrieval device. The pouches may be arranged in one or more rows about the inner surface of the collection bag. The pouches can be inverted so that pockets of the pouches open toward a bottom end portion of the collection bag. |
| US11246575B2 |
Biopsy needle guide with pointer for simplified angulation
Biopsy needle guide with pointer for performing a biopsy in a tissue of a patient in conjunction with an imaging method for imaging the tissue and identification of a target volume to be examined, comprising a needle guide head (2), which is freely movable in a plane via at least two degrees of freedom and is mounted so as to be movable about an axis (S) that does not stand perpendicular to this plane, and has a needle passage opening (20, 29), a marker pin (4), which can be inserted in an opening (20, 29) of the head (2) and contains a marker part (41), which can be imaged by the imaging method with good contrast, wherein, when the marker pin (4) is inserted in the opening (20, 29), the marker part (41) lies in the pivot axis (S) of the head (2), as well as a use of such a biopsy needle guide. |
| US11246574B2 |
Biopsy device with aperture orientation and improved tip
A biopsy device includes an elongated probe having a central longitudinal axis, a proximal end, and a distal end. A tissue penetrating tip includes a proximal base and a sharp distal point. The proximal base is secured to the distal end of the elongated probe. The sharp distal point is distal to the proximal base and is aligned with the central longitudinal axis. The tissue penetrating tip has a plurality of concave surfaces annularly arranged to form at least three adjacent pairs of concave surfaces. Each concave surface of the plurality of concave surfaces extends from the proximal base to the sharp distal point. Each adjacent pair of concave surfaces intersect to form a concave curved cutting edge. Cumulatively, the at least three adjacent pairs of concave surfaces form a plurality of concave curved cutting edges that distally terminate at the sharp distal point. |
| US11246571B2 |
Configurable absorbent articles having improved bodily exudate separation and sampling
Configurable absorbent articles with improved bodily exudate separation and sampling are provided. |
| US11246567B2 |
Intravascular doppler ultrasonic device and method for controlling its operation
An intravascular Doppler ultrasonic device comprises a tip region forming a fraction of a catheter body at a distal end thereof and carrying an ultrasound probe. The tip region is bendable in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction. An actuator is provided in the tip region, which is configured to receive actuation drive power provided through the catheter body and to exert to the tip region a bending moment of a controllable amount. An actuation controller is configured to control actuation drive power delivery to the actuator so as to control the amount of the bending moment. A Doppler spectrum analysis unit is configured to receive Doppler spectrum data and to determine from it a Doppler signal quality measure indicative of a signal quality of the Doppler spectrum. The actuation controller is configured to determine the actuation drive power in dependence on the determined Doppler signal quality measure. |
| US11246562B2 |
Apparatus and methods for alignment and deployment of intracardiac devices
Apparatus and methods are described herein for use in the alignment and deployment of a prosthetic heart valve, such as a mitral valve. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a tube assembly and a needle assembly configured to be received through a lumen of an outer tube member of the tube assembly. The needle assembly includes an elongate needle having a distal tip configured to be inserted through the epicardial surface of a heart. An imaging probe is coupled to a coupling member and includes an imaging element. The imaging probe is configured to provide image data associated with a location of a commissural-commissural (C-C) plane and a location of the anterior-posterior (A-P) plane of the mitral valve and the annular region of the heart such that a prosthetic mitral valve can be positioned within the heart based at least in part on the C-C plane and the A-P plane. |
| US11246553B2 |
Radiographic apparatus and radiographic method using same
A radiographic apparatus generates images of objects of interest, such as subject body parts, using radiation. The radiographic apparatus includes a radiation irradiating unit having a plurality of radiation sources, where each of the plurality of radiation sources irradiates the object of interest, a driving unit for moving the radiation irradiating unit, and a radiation detector for detecting the radiation passing through the objects of interest from each of the plurality of radiation sources. |
| US11246552B2 |
Attenuation correction of PET data of moving object
The invention relates to a system and a method for assisting in attenuation correction of gated PET data of a moving object (2). In the system, an evaluation unit (15) is configured to (i) receive a CT image of the object (2) and to segment the CT image into a plurality of CT sub-images, each CT sub-image correspond to an axial segment of an imaged volume, (ii) to determine for each CT sub-image a gate including PET data having a greatest correspondence with the CT sub-image, (iii) to construct, for each CT sub-image, a PET sub-image from the PET data included in the gate determined for the CT sub-image, the PET sub-image substantially corresponding to the same axial segment of the imaged volume as the CT sub-image, and (iv) to combine the PET sub-images to form a PET reference image of the object (2). |
| US11246550B2 |
Method for detection and quantification of arterial calcification
Use of tissue composition and anthropomorphic measures in a method for the detection and quantification of arterial calcification in an organ is described for disease risk prediction and stratification. A radiographic image of an organ is transformed quantitatively to a tissue composition map indicating a total amount of organ tissue; a calcification map is generated indicating position in the tissue composition map of calcified tissue; calcification free tissue composition map is generated from the tissue composition map using the position of calcified tissue in the calcification map; a vessel map of the position of vessels in the tissue composition map is generated; and the vessel map is combined with the calcification map to generate a map of vessel calcification indicating the position of calcified vessels in the tissue composition map. Scores are based on arterial calcification in a breast which indicates disease in the breast and other organs. |
| US11246544B2 |
Scanning table and medical imaging equipment including scanning table
A scanning table includes an upper pallet, a lower pallet, a support device, a driving device, an opening belt and an endless belt. The opening belt is fixedly coupled with the lower pallet. The endless belt is fixedly coupled with the upper pallet. A front end of the opening belt is provided with a first driving wheel coupled to the driving device. The lower pallet is driven by the first driving wheel to move in a front-back direction relative to the support device. The endless belt is sleeved on the lower pallet. When the lower pallet moves in the front-back direction relative to the support device, the endless belt moves synchronously with the lower pallet to drive the upper pallet to move in the same direction back and forth relative to the lower pallet. |
| US11246543B2 |
Systems and methods for point-of-care positron emission tomography
A positron emission tomography (PET) system is provided. The system includes a first detector panel including a first array of detectors, a second detector panel including a second array of detectors, said second detector panel being moveable relative to a point between the first detector panel and the second detector panel, a tracking system configured to detect a position of said second detector panel relative to the first detector panel while imaging a subject, a computing device in communication with the first detector panel, the second detector panel, and the tracking system, the computing device configured to receive coincidence data from the first and second detector panels, receive position data from the tracking system, wherein each coincidence datum of the received coincidence data is associated with a unique position datum of the received position data, and reconstruct a plurality of images based on the received coincidence data and the received position data. |
| US11246542B2 |
Method for adjusting an alarm based on the preceding quantity of threshold breaches
A method and system for adjusting the AUC limit threshold to reduce the number of false alarms. In one embodiment the method includes the steps of: defining a AUC limit threshold; defining a saturation limit threshold for a desired oxygen saturation level; periodically measuring a patient's measured oxygen saturation level over time; calculating the difference between the patient's measured oxygen saturation and defined saturation limit threshold; summing the differences between the patient's measured oxygen saturation and defined saturation limit threshold over a time interval wherein the patient's measured oxygen saturation is less than defined saturation limit threshold, wherein the summation defines a measured AUC; comparing the measured AUC over the time interval against the defined AUC limit threshold; determining regions in which the measured AUC exceeds the defined AUC limit threshold; and adjusting the AUC limit threshold. |
| US11246539B2 |
Automated detection and type classification of central venous catheters
A system for automated detection and type classification of central venous catheters. The system includes an electronic processor that is configured to, based on an image, generate a segmentation of a potential central venous catheter using a segmentation method and extract, from the segmentation, one or more image features associated with the potential central venous catheter. The electronic processor is also configured to, based on the one or more image features, determine, using a first classifier, whether the image includes a central venous catheters and determine, using a second classifier, a type of central venous catheter included in the image. |
| US11246538B2 |
Single channel and dual channel noise detection systems and techniques
An ECG processing system for identifying noisy ECG data segments is provided. The ECG processing system includes a network interface and a processor. The network interface is configured to receive a first collection of ECG data segments from wearable medical devices associated with a plurality of patients, each wearable medical device of the wearable medical devices being configured to be continuously worn by a patient for an extended period of time. The processor is configured to produce a second collection of ECG data segments from the first collection of ECG data segments that excludes noisy ECG data segments. |
| US11246537B2 |
Signal amplitude correction using spatial vector mapping
A system includes a sensor configured to sense first and second physiological signals produced by a source; and a processing device communicatively coupled to the sensor. The processing device is configured to: receive the first and second physiological signals; determine a first value of a signal characteristic; determine a second value of the signal characteristic; access a scaling map having scaling vectors, and each scaling vector having at least one signal characteristic correction value; determine a scaled first value and a scaled second value based on a first scaling vector and a second scaling vector, respectively; and predict a physiological event based on the scaled first value of the signal characteristic and the scaled second value of the signal characteristic. |
| US11246526B2 |
Swallowing diagnosis apparatus and storage medium
A swallowing diagnosis apparatus includes a controller which enables a first swallowing determination process of determining whether or not there is an aspiration risk in the swallowing on the basis of respiratory phases before and after a period in which swallowing has been estimated as having occurred; and a second swallowing determination process of extracting reference information including at least one of the sound information and the respiration information in a predetermined period including the period in which swallowing has been estimated as having occurred, obtaining a feature quantity from the extracted reference information, and performing a machine learning process on the obtained feature quantity to determine whether or not there is a possibility of dysphagia in the swallowing; and a display control process of causing a determination result obtained by the first swallowing determination process and a determination result obtained by the second swallowing determination process to be displayed. |
| US11246524B2 |
Non-invasive cardiac monitor and methods of using recorded cardiac data to infer a physiological characteristic of a patient
The present invention relates to a non-invasive cardiac monitoring device that records cardiac data to infer physiological characteristics of a human, such as cardiac arrhythmia. Some embodiments of the invention allow for long-term monitoring of physiological signals. Further embodiments allow for processing of the detected cardiac rhythm signals partially on the wearable cardiac monitor device, and partially on a remote computing system. Some embodiments include a wearable cardiac monitor device for long-term adhesion to a mammal for prolonged detection of cardiac rhythm signals. |
| US11246522B2 |
Intraoperative monitoring of neuromuscular function with soft, tissue-mounted wireless devices
The provided systems, methods and devices describe lightweight, wireless tissue monitoring devices that are capable of establishing conformal contact due to the flexibility or bendability of the device. The described systems and devices are useful, for example, for skin-mounted intraoperative monitoring of nerve-muscle activity. The present systems and methods are versatile and may be used for a variety of tissues (e.g. skin, organs, muscles, nerves, etc.) to measure a variety of different parameterps (e.g. electric signals, electric potentials, electromyography, movement, vibration, acoustic signals, response to various stimuli, etc.). |
| US11246521B2 |
Method for evaluating muscular strength characteristics
Provided is a method for evaluating muscle strength characteristics of a limb based on a muscle group model including a first pair of antagonistic one-joint muscles, a second pair of antagonistic one-joint muscles, and a pair of antagonistic two-joint muscles, where the limb has a first rod having a proximal end supported by a first joint and a second rod supported on a free end of the first rod through a second joint. The method includes: measuring a maximum output of a free end of the second rod in at least one predetermined direction; measuring orbiting outputs of the free end of the second rod in all directions in the plane; and creating a hexagonal maximum output distribution corresponding to a contribution amount of each muscle of the muscle group model based on the maximum output in the predetermined direction and the orbiting outputs. |
| US11246514B2 |
Non-invasive optical internal substance detector
A non-invasive optical internal substance detector includes: a diode array including a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) for emitting light toward a target where an internal substance is detected, and a plurality of photodiodes (PDs) for receiving light which is reflected from the target after being emitted from the plurality of light emitting diodes; and a controller for controlling the plurality of light emitting diodes to be turned on or off and for processing a signal obtained from the photodiodes. The plurality of light emitting diodes and the plurality of photodiodes each have a size of several micrometers to several tens of micrometers and are arranged at intervals of several micrometers to several tens of micrometers from each other. |
| US11246512B2 |
Measuring apparatus, computer readable medium storing measuring program and measuring method
A measuring apparatus includes: a measuring unit to measure a signal value corresponding to a concentration of a specified substance contained in a first sample; an acquiring unit to acquire a reference value pertaining to the specified substance contained in a second sample; a calculation unit to calculate a concentration value of the specified substance contained in the first sample, based on the signal value and the reference value; a determination unit to determine whether a variation in the concentration value of the specified substance contained in the first sample is equal to or less than a threshold value; and an output unit to output, to a display unit, recommendation information representing recommendation for acquiring the reference value when the variation in the concentration value of the specified substance contained in the first sample is equal to or less than the threshold value. |
| US11246511B2 |
System for analyzing a patient using a transcutaneous sensor
A system for analyzing a patient using a transcutaneous sensor, having a base unit for attaching to the patient, an injector, releasably connectable to the base unit, for the transcutaneous insertion of the sensor into the patient, and a detection unit, releasably connectable to the base unit, for generating measurement data by the sensor. The base unit has a holding device which is configured to cooperate with the injector and detection unit such that, in a detection configuration with the detection unit arranged on the base unit, a contact pressure is applied to the sensor by the holding device for frictional fixing, and in an injection configuration with the injector arranged on the base unit, a lower contact pressure than in the detection configuration is applied to the sensor by the holding device. |
| US11246508B2 |
Systems and methods for intra-operative pelvic registration
A system for intra-operatively registering a pelvis comprising an acetabulum with a computer model of the pelvis in a coordinate system. The system may include: a) a surgical navigation system including a tracking device; and b) at least one computing device in communication with the surgical navigation system. The at least one computing device: i) receiving first data points from first intra-operatively collected points on an articular surface of the acetabulum, the first data points collected with the tracking device; ii) receiving a second data point from a second intra-operatively collected point on the pelvis, the second data point collected with the tracking device, the second data point corresponding in location to a second virtual data point on the computer model; and iii) determining an intra-operative center of rotation of the femur relative to the pelvis from the first data points. |
| US11246506B2 |
Automatic sampling accessory system and method of detection
A respiratory gas analyzer device (10), such as a capnograph device, is disclosed. A gas measurement component (28), such as a carbon dioxide measurement component in the case of a capnograph, is configured to measure at least one respired gas component (e.g. carbon dioxide). A pump (20) is connected to draw respired gas through the gas measurement component. A pressure gauge (30) is connected to measure pressure in an airflow pathway including the gas measurement component and the pump. An electronic pump controller (40) is programmed to start the pump in response to pressure measured by the pressure gauge satisfying a pump turn on criterion. |
| US11246503B2 |
Advanced electronic instrumentation for electrical impedance myography
Embodiments of devices and methods for evaluating tissue are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for measuring a characteristic of a tissue may include passing a current through the tissue, measuring a signal corresponding to the voltage resulting from passing the current through the tissue, analyzing current passed through the tissue and resulting voltage to determine the electrical characteristics of the tissue; and analyzing the electrical characteristics of the tissue to determine a status of the tissue. Disposable sensors are disclosed. |
| US11246492B2 |
Apparatus performing examination utilizing photoacoustic effect, examination support method, and program
The present invention provides an apparatus which efficiently perform an examination based on an examination order. The apparatus includes a connection unit configured to be connected to a plurality of measurement units each of which includes a light irradiation unit which irradiates a subject with light and a reception unit which receives an acoustic wave generated from the subject irradiated with the light, a first obtaining unit configured to obtain information on an examination order; a second obtaining unit configured to obtain information on a selected one of the measurement units connected to the connection unit, and a determination unit configured to determine whether the selected measurement unit is suitable for the examination order in accordance with the information on the examination order and the information on the selected measurement unit. |
| US11246476B2 |
Method for visualizing tissue with an ICG dye composition during ablation procedures
A system is provided for identifying the sufficiency of lesions formed during a tissue ablation procedure. The system and method include administering an ICG composition to the patient and forming one or more lesions at a surgical site. The method further includes applying energy of a type and in an amount sufficient to cause ICG in the patient to fluoresce. An image of the tissue and lesion at the surgical site is obtained while the ICG fluoresces. The lesion is distinguished from surrounding de novo tissue based on areas of fluorescence to allow a user to evaluate the quality of the lesion. |
| US11246474B2 |
Flexible tube insertion apparatus
A insertion apparatus includes a flexible tube, a detection section that detects state information of the tube, a calculation section that calculates, based on the state information, shape information of the tube, and an input section that inputs characteristic information of the tube. The apparatus also includes a calculation section that calculates, based on the characteristic information, an operation state of a distal end of the tube, an calculation section that calculates an insertion state of the tube at a specific point closer to a proximal end than the distal end, based on the shape information, characteristic information, and operation state, and a measurement section that measures an actual operation state of the tube at the specific point. |
| US11246468B2 |
Suspension system for a fluid circulation assembly of a dishwasher appliance
A dishwasher appliance includes a tub that defines a wash chamber for receipt of articles for washing. A sump is positioned at a bottom of the wash chamber for receiving fluid from the wash chamber. A fluid circulation assembly is at least partially disposed within the sump. The fluid circulation assembly is mounted in the sump with a resilient mounting post received in a support tube of the fluid circulation assembly, whereby the fluid circulation assembly is vibrationally isolated from the sump. The fluid circulation assembly includes a releasable clip configured to lock the resilient mounting post into the support tube. |
| US11246467B2 |
Water cleaning device and cleaner having the same
A cleaner includes a nozzle assembly, a cleaner body coupled to the nozzle assembly, and a water cleaning device coupled to the nozzle assembly. The water cleaning device includes a water tank that is configured to hold a cloth and that defines a water storage area and an air hole, and a control device that is configured to open or close the air hole and that includes a movable member located outside of the water storage area and configured to move between a first position and a second position to open or close the air hole. |
| US11246466B2 |
Coverage robots and associated cleaning bins
An autonomous coverage robot includes a chassis, a drive system configured to maneuver the robot, and a cleaning assembly. The cleaning assembly includes a cleaning assembly housing and at least one driven sweeper brush. The robot includes a controller and a removable sweeper bin configured to receive debris agitated by the driven sweeper brush. The sweeper bin includes an emitter disposed on an interior surface of the bin and a receiver disposed remotely from the emitter on the interior surface of the bin and configured to receive an emitter signal. The emitter and the receiver are disposed such that a threshold level of accumulation of debris in the sweeper bin blocks the receiver from receiving emitter emissions. The robot includes a bin controller disposed in the sweeper bin and monitoring a detector signal and initiating a bin full routine upon determining a bin debris accumulation level requiring service. |
| US11246460B2 |
Sheet material dispenser assembly for selectively dispensing sheet material from a plurality of supplies of rolled sheet material
A dispenser assembly facilitating selective dispensing of sheet material from a plurality of supplies of sheet material can be provided. The dispenser assembly can include a drive system to facilitate dispensing of the sheet material from the plurality of supplies of sheet material from the dispenser. The drive system can include a plurality of driven rollers each configured to engage and move sheet material from a respective supply of sheet material, and a drive mechanism driving the plurality of driven rollers and connected thereto by a belt driven transmission. When the drive mechanism is driven in one direction, one of the plurality of driven rollers is rotated to dispense sheet material from one of the plurality of supplies of sheet material, and when the drive mechanism is driven in the opposite direction, another one of the plurality of driven rollers is rotated to dispense sheet material from another supply of sheet material. |
| US11246458B2 |
Towel bar with integrated robe hook
A towel bar includes a retractable and extendable robe hook. The robe hook may be formed in a wall-mounted first base joined by a towel bar to a wall-mounted second base. A shaft may be extended from the base to reveal the robe hook. When extended, the robe hook provides a location from which objects may be hung. When not needed, the robe hook may be pushed into the base and reside within an internal cavity, thereby concealed from view. |
| US11246455B2 |
Kitchen appliance, food processor and safety interlock arrangement
A kitchen appliance (1), comprising: a base unit (100); and a food processor (500) having an outlet (416) for outputting processed food; wherein the food processor (500) is arranged to be mounted on the base unit (100) for operation such that it is capable of movement between two operating positions, whereby the outlet (416) is positionable at two different places. |
| US11246454B2 |
Spice and herb finger grinder
A fingertip grinder mechanism is provided with which a user can manually grind spices, herbs, and other organic materials without pain, fatigue, or other discomforts. Five specific types of fingertip grinders include the thumb grinder, the fore fingertip grinder, the two fingertip grinder, the three fingertip grinder, and the four fingertip grinder. An individual puts on one type of fingertip grinder on one hand and another type on the other hand and proceeds to rub their hands back and forth together to effect the grinding of the contents between the hands. The grinder element can have holes as well as the grinding spikes and a tray built in under the grinder element to catch and store the residue of the grinding process that enters through the holes. Magnets can be embedded in the fingertip elements so that they can cling to each other and not get misplaced. |
| US11246450B2 |
Stirring rib, stirring mechanism and cooking robot
A stirring rib (100), a stirring mechanism and a cooking robot are provided. The stirring rib includes a first rotating shaft (110), a second rotating shaft (120), a first connecting rod (130), a second connecting rod (140), a first extending rod (150), a second extending rod (160), and a stirring blade (170). The first connecting rod is connected to one shaft end of the first rotating shaft and is arranged in a downward extending manner. The second connecting rod is connected to one shaft end of the second rotating shaft and is arranged in a downward extending manner. The first extending rod is connected to a bottom of the first connecting rod. The second extending rod is connected to a bottom of the second connecting rod. |
| US11246443B2 |
Secure containing device
A secure containing device with an adjustable volume for receiving and safeguarding items includes a bag, a rear cover, a mounting element connected to opposite sides of the bag, a lock assembly on the rear cover and protruding toward the mounting element, and an active element overlapping with the mounting element. When the mounting element moves to a closed position, the bag is compressed. When the mounting element moves to an unfolded position away from the rear cover, the bag presents a containing space. When the mounting element is in the unfolded position, the active element is movable and rotatable relative to the mounting element to cover a top of the bag and engage with the lock assembly. |
| US11246438B2 |
Device for reducing the influence of motion on a drinking vessel
A device is provided for reducing the influence, on a drinking vessel (240), of linear and/or rotational motions of a surface on which the drinking vessel is placed, for example for use on a marine vessel. The device comprises a pliable structure and is provided with a plurality of slits (120) arranged between a plurality of cooperating portions (102) to accommodate a plurality of drinking vessels, in particular drinking vessels having a base and a stem, such as wine glasses. The cooperating portions are adapted to accept a drinking vessel, and are operable to at least partially envelop the drinking vessel by conforming to at least a part of the upper surface of the base of the drinking vessel. |
| US11246436B2 |
Training chopsticks
Training chopsticks are designed to guide beginners and lifelong users alike to adopt a proper chopstick grip, allowing learners to extend chopstick tips wide apart. They allow learners to focus first on mastering the twirling of chopsticks between the closed posture to the wide-open posture, based on principles of the planetary gear train, without having to simultaneously learn to secure chopsticks using the required thumb pose. Such thumb pose can be mastered later as a second step. Furthermore, a variation of training chopsticks provides an elevated thumb rest to accommodate learners suffering from anatomical limitations. As a result, a learner can wield these training chopsticks to embrace large food items with ease, manipulate these large items with dexterity and finesse in the same way she can small items, and generate enough compression force to hold all items firmly between training chopsticks. |
| US11246433B2 |
Retractable self-cleaning mat
Various implementations include an extended repeated-use table cover device. The device includes a roller, a non-silicone mat, a disinfecting enclosure, a table mount, and a winding mechanism. An outer surface of the roller is coupled to a first mat end such that rotation of the roller about a roller axis causes the mat to wind around the outer surface of the roller. An outer surface of the disinfecting enclosure defines an opening extending from the outer surface to a cavity defined by an inner surface of the disinfecting enclosure. The roller is disposed within the cavity, and the mat is extendable through the opening. The winding mechanism is for rotating the roller from an extended position to a retracted position. The mat is durable enough to be used for at least three months under expected standard use without needing to be replaced. |
| US11246432B2 |
Picture hanging device
Devices, systems and methods for hanging one or more objects, such as frames, on a surface. A marking device for marking a surface for hanging one or more objects. The marking device can have a main body portion having first and second arms pivotably attached thereto. The first and second arms, as well as the main body, can each have a marker to mark a target surface. The marking device can optionally have a level indicator and the first and second arms can have markers which can slide along a ruled measure for convenient positioning of marks on the target surface. Optionally, the markers can have biased, retractable, or sheathed marker pins. |
| US11246431B2 |
Hanging apparatus and bracket thereof
A hanging apparatus that includes a frame that supports a display item and a bracket for purposes of hanging the hanging apparatus. The bracket may include a body portion and a mounting portion, the mounting portion facilitating coupling of the bracket to a backer panel that is part of a stack positioned in a rabbet of the frame. Thus, the mounting portion includes walls that define a mounting channel. Portions of the backer panel are positioned within the mounting channels of the bracket prior to inserting the backer panel into the rabbet of the frame. Fasteners such as turn buttons or flex tabs may be altered into a locked state to secure the stack and the bracket in the rabbet so that the frame can be hung for display of the display item. |
| US11246430B2 |
Kinematic mirror mount and adjustment system
Kinematic mounts are used frequently to hold objects such as mirrors, lenses, and other optical equipment. To adjust kinematic mounts, adjustment mechanisms are often required. Adjustment mechanisms can be used to make fine adjustments in applications where precision is required (e.g., laser system prototyping). Kinematic mounts that include never-before implemented form factors and structural elements require new adjustment solutions. This application describes systems that include both novel kinematic mounts as well as new adjustment mechanisms developed to reorient the new kinematic mounts. Adjustment mechanisms described in this application include a main body, a control frame, and control screws to adjust the orientation of the control frame. The control frame is coupled with a kinematic mount's housing, which rotates about a center of curvature of a bottom surface of the housing. |
| US11246429B2 |
Image display device and furniture including the image display device
An image display device according to the present embodiment includes: a display panel; a power line; and an outer frame. The display panel is switchable between an image display mode in which an image is displayed and a transmissive mode in which the display panel is in a transmissive state where an object behind the display panel is visible in a front view of the display panel. The power line is disposed along a periphery of the display panel. The outer frame is disposed along an edge of the display panel, and includes a first housing space for housing the power line and a second housing space for housing the edge of the display panel. |
| US11246428B2 |
Product display merchandiser and related methods
A product display merchandiser includes a product support, a pair of sidewalls extending upwardly from respective sides of the product support, a first product stop extending upwardly from a front end of the product support, and a second product stop extending from at least one of the pair of sidewalls. |
| US11246427B2 |
Folding walker with wheels
A child's folding walker with caster wheels that is adjustable in height to permit a child to sit and touch the ground and move the walker. The walker has four vertical legs and two collapsible side frames that enabling the walker to collapse into a vertical configuration. Each collapsing side frame includes a folding upper member and a folding lower member. The proximal ends of the folding members are pivotally attached to a vertical leg. Each upper frame member is made of two elongated sections joined by a locking collar that holds distal ends of the elongated sections together in axial alignment. The locking collar is pivotally attached at its opposite ends to the two elongated sections. When the locking collar is forced upward, the two elongated sections are misaligned thereby enabling the legs to move inward. On the front and rear side frames on the walker is a supplemental locking assembly. The suspension seat is provided for supporting a child. |
| US11246423B2 |
Convertible couch, twin bed, and queen bed
A convertible couch, twin bed, and queen bed includes a U-shaped section having a first arm, a second arm, and a back section; a first end section; a second end section; and first, second and third mattress sections; the first mattress section is rotatably joined to the second mattress section, which is rotatably joined to the third mattress section, which has a first bottom edge and an opposing second bottom edge; the first mattress section has an internal first edge and an opposing internal section edge; the internal first edge has a second portion of the first zipper, and the internal second edge has a second portion of the second zipper; the first zipper releasably joins the first end section and the first mattress section, and the second zipper releasably joins the second end section and the first mattress section. |
| US11246422B2 |
Floating lounge with adjustable support member
A floating lounge comprising an outer, buoyant member surrounding a support member in the form of a panel of material extending forward from the rear of the lounge. The support member wraps around the front end of the lounge and extends back toward the rear of the lounge. Connectors provided on the longitudinal edges of the support member allow the forward-extending portion of the support member to be secured to the rearward-extending portion to form a sling depending between the front and rear sides of the lounge, for supporting the user, and whereby the user may choose among several possible shapes for the support member by appropriately mating the sets of connectors. |
| US11246417B2 |
Tilt-swivel mechanism chair
A tilt-swivel chair employing a bearing base assembly in communication with connection plate or seat plate of the chair is provided. The tilting mechanism in forward and backward direction is provided by the spring which has a pushing and pulling action and the swiveling action is done along the side axis of the bearing base assembly, and the side axis is a cylindrical shape section with a bushing cap onto which a lever base is equipped and is connected to the connection plate or seat plate. The balance ball feeling is provided with the spring action. A cam and lever mechanism is provided at the base of the side axis in corporation with the base section of the assembly. The cam and lever mechanism provides a smooth swiveling action to the seat and to lock and shut down and take a break. |
| US11246416B2 |
Laminated countertop assembly
A laminated countertop assembly can include a first generally longitudinal slab with a first substrate, where the first substrate has lamination on a countertop side of the first substrate and lamination on an edge side of the first substrate that extends along a first portion of a length of the edge side of the first substrate. The first substrate can also include a first miter cut angled into the first substrate and slots extending into the first substrate for receiving biscuits. The laminated countertop assembly can also include a second generally longitudinal slab with a second substrate, where the second substrate has lamination on a countertop side of the second substrate and lamination on an edge side of the second substrate. The second substrate can also include a second miter cut at a corner of the second substrate and slots extending into the second substrate for receiving the biscuits. |
| US11246412B2 |
Appliance storage assembly
An appliance storage assembly includes a storage feature that includes a base and a plurality of walls that extend from the base. The base and the plurality of walls define a storage cavity. A rail assembly includes a rail and a rail slide. The rail slide is coupled to the storage feature and enables the storage feature to move along a length of the rail. A divider includes an upper retaining member and a lower retaining member spaced-apart from one another by at least one connecting member. The upper retaining member defines upper grooves and the lower retaining member defines corresponding lower grooves. A magnet is coupled to the lower retaining member and selectively engages the base of the storage feature. |
| US11246410B2 |
Slide rail assembly
A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail, a stop, and a working member. The second rail can be displaced with respect to the first rail. The stop is disposed on the first rail. The working member is movably mounted on the second rail. When reaching a predetermined position after being displaced with respect to the first rail from an extended position in a retracting direction, the second rail is blocked by the stop via the working member and is thus prevented from being displaced from the predetermined position in an opening direction. The slide rail assembly has a shorter length when the second rail is at the predetermined position than when the second rail is at the extended position. |
| US11246409B2 |
Shelf for shoes and other articles
A storage unit comprising a frame portion and a liner portion. The frame portion is comprised of vertical supports that engage and support the liner portion. The liner portion included a backer portion. The liner portion also comprises angled shelving components that extend from the front and back of the liner portion, with the shelving components attaching to the backer portion and the frame. |
| US11246407B2 |
Modular portable table
A modular portable table usable as a temporary table or support structure includes a tabletop, one or more leg assemblies, and an anchor assembly for securing the table to a substrate, the one or more leg assemblies positioned between the tabletop and the anchor assembly. |
| US11246404B2 |
Plaque detecting device and toothbrush incorporating same
A plaque detecting device including a light emitting unit which irradiates light toward a tooth, and first and second light receiving units which receive radiated light from the tooth. The first light receiving unit extracts the spectral component of a first wavelength region containing fluorescent light specific to plaque and obtains a first output value corresponding to intensity of that spectral component. The second light receiving unit extracts the spectral component of a second wavelength region containing fluorescent light specific to enamel and obtains a second output value corresponding to the intensity of this spectral component. Determination of the relative magnitude of the ratio between the first output value and the second output value as compared to a first threshold value is performed. Determination of the relative magnitude of the difference between the first output value and the second output value as compared to a second threshold value is performed. |
| US11246391B2 |
Container for storing and dispensing loose powder in a clean and efficient manner
A container for storing and dispensing loose powder has a jar, a multitiered sifting-dispenser, a dispenser slot, and a closure plug. The multitiered sifting dispenser is a rigid frustum-shaped divider that separates an interior cavity of the jar into two compartments. The dispenser slot traverses from a first compartment to a second compartment by passing through the multitiered sifting-dispenser. As a result, cosmetic powder that is stored in the first compartment can be dispensed into the second compartment and subsequently deposited onto the multitiered sifting dispenser. The closure plug serves to plug the dispenser slot. To accomplish this, the closure plug is held into place by the jar lid. |
| US11246390B2 |
Remote access and control of a hair styling device
A hair styling device is described herein that comprises an exposed heating surface, a heating element to heat the exposed heating surface, a temperature sensor to measure a temperature of at least one of the heating element or the exposed heating surface, a heating element interface coupled to the heating element, and a network communication circuit. The hair styling device further comprises a device controller that includes a control circuit to provide a control signal to the heating element interface to modify operation of the heating element according to an instruction received by the network communication circuit over a network from an application. In an embodiment, the device controller further includes a command status monitor to generate a success or fail message, indicative of a success or failure of the instruction in the hair styling device, for transmission by the network communication circuit over the network to the application. |
| US11246388B2 |
Holding device for cards and/or banknotes
A holding device for cards and/or notes includes a housing, which includes at least one clip and a base. The holding device is so designed that production is simplified, wherein secure storage of individual or multiple cards and/or notes is made possible. To this end, the base of the housing, which is open at the top toward the at least one clip, includes upwardly projecting side ridges, which are disposed at a distance from each other and, if no cards or notes are disposed in the housing, each of the at least one clip is located partially between the side ridges and has a free end extending at least approximately to the bottom plane of the base. |
| US11246387B2 |
Umbrella having built-in waterproof case
The present invention relates generally to an umbrella having a built-in waterproof case, in which a folded umbrella main body is accommodated in an umbrella handle, and more particularly to an umbrella having a built-in waterproof case, which, in order to carry or store a wet folding umbrella used, allows an umbrella handle and an umbrella top to be transformed into an umbrella storage case without using a separate plastic bag and then allows the umbrella to be easily opened or re-stored while allowing a folded umbrella body to be accommodated in the umbrella handle. |
| US11246385B2 |
Anatomically correct jewelry ring assembly
A method of manufacturing, tool for manufacturing and an improved ring design and configuration having an improved anatomically correct internal shank with an internal surface having a plurality of spaced apart inwardly projecting internal structures and recessed surfaces configured for enabling the ring to pass over the knuckle at a reduced ring diameter, and having an internal portion of the ring transformed from the standard and long traditional circular shape to one that compliments the shape of the knuckle over which the ring traverses, and having a narrower diameter when placed on the ring bearing back portion of an appendage of a wearer providing an improved fit and comfort of the ring during use by the wearer. |
| US11246382B2 |
Copper alloy fastener element and slide fastener
Provided is a copper alloy fastener element which improves season cracking resistance by a means different from that of increasing a ratio of a β phase. The copper alloy fastener element includes a copper-zinc alloy as a base material, the base material having: an apparent zinc content of from 34 to 38%; a dendrite structure; and a β phase at a ratio of 10% or less. |
| US11246380B2 |
Male touch fastener elements
A male touch fastener product with a resin surface and an array of spaced-apart male touch fastener elements carried on the surface. Each touch fastener element has a stem extending from the surface and a head disposed at a distal end of the stem and extending laterally from the stem to a distal edge overhanging the surface. The head, stem and surface form a contiguous mass of resin, the head. The distal edge has multiple toes extending laterally outward and varying in shape and size about the edge, with adjacent toes having facing, free-form resin surfaces defining crevices therebetween. The fastener element is particularly flexible and engages with very fine fibers. |
| US11246379B2 |
Adjustable connectors for use with webbing of patient harness systems and other types of safety belt systems
Adjustable connectors disclosed herein are adapted to connect webbing to a buckle. The webbing can be, e.g., a urethane coated webbing, some other type of coated webbing, or a non-coated webbing. The adjustable connector includes a baseplate, a tongue at a front end of the baseplate, a webbing aperture within the baseplate, first and second walls extending perpendicularly from the baseplate, and first and second slots respectively within the first and second walls. In certain embodiments, the slots are tapered. In certain embodiments, the adjustable connector includes a rotatable lock bar including a central portion having an outer surface and first and second tabs. In certain embodiments, each of the tabs has a cross-section with a major-axis that is greater than a minor-axis that is orthogonal to the major-axis. In certain embodiments, a front edge of the webbing aperture comprises an arced front edge. |
| US11246378B2 |
String guide module and use thereof in a machine with a string puller
The present application for Patent of Invention describes a strand guide module which enables the use of locks to be fully eliminated for adjusting the waist, considerably improving the quality and comfort of the footwear, besides economizing raw materials and improving productivity. The purpose of the object of the invention is to allow for longitudinal, latitudinal and angular adjustment of the pulling vector of the strands, particularly the longitudinal positional adjustment along the last (F), including modularity characteristics. |
| US11246377B2 |
Weight-bearing structure for high-heeled footwear
The present invention discloses a weight-bearing structure of high-heel footwear that is coupled to an outsole of high-heeled footwear, or in which a sole cover part becomes an outsole of the high-heeled footwear to linearly contact the ground during a loading response.An embodiment of the present invention provides a weight-bearing structure of high-heeled footwear, including: a heel part linearly contacting the ground; a strut part extending from the heel part; and a sole cover part extending from the strut part. |
| US11246375B2 |
Sole with projections and article of footwear
A sole for an article of footwear includes a base having an outer edge defining a perimeter, the base having a forefoot portion, a midfoot portion and a heel portion; and a plurality of resilient projections extending from the base, wherein the plurality of projections includes a plurality of projections extending non-orthogonally from the base about the perimeter of the base and a plurality of projections extending substantially orthogonally from the base within the non-orthogonal projections. |
| US11246363B2 |
Hair extension washboard
Implementations of a hair extension washboard are provided. In some implementations, the hair extension washboard comprises a hair extensions board, a hair clip assembly, and a board support. In some implementations, the hair extension washboard further comprises a hair drying enclosure. In some implementations, the hair extension washboard also comprises surface connectors.In some implementations, a method of using the hair extension washboard comprises positioning the hair extension washboard in a sink or other suitable location, holding hair extensions with the hair extension washboard, and washing, coloring, drying, etc. the hair extensions while held by the hair extension washboard. |
| US11246360B1 |
Arm compression garment
An arm compression garment according to various implementations includes a right arm section and a left arm section. Each arm section includes a first compressive area that is configured to extend around at least a portion of a humerus bone of a wearer's arm and a second compressive area adjacent the first area and extending distally therefrom. The first compressive area has a first compressive strength, and the second compressive area has a second compressive strength that is less than the first compressive strength. In certain implementations, each arm section is integrally formed on a hosiery machine with a bodice section. The bodice sections are then sewn together at the front and back edges thereof, such that there is a front seam configured to fit adjacent the wearer's sternum and a back seam configured to fit adjacent the wearer's spine. |
| US11246359B1 |
Face mask with adjustable straps and quick release fastener
A face mask according to the present disclosure includes a main body for being worn to cover a wearer's mouth and nose and right and left adjustable straps affixed along respective right and left lateral extents of the main body, each adjustable strap including a continuous length of material having opposing first and second ends and a first loop formed at the first end, wherein the second end is threaded through the first loop to form an ear loop for being positioned around an ear of the wearer such that, in use, the second end is pulled to tighten the ear loop to adjust the fit of the face mask. In some implementations, the main body may include a middle portion disposed between elastic fabric side portions. |
| US11246354B2 |
Breast support garment
This invention relates to a breast support garment for use in active environments, where the wearer of such garment is engaged in an activity that results in accelerating movements. In some preferred embodiments, these garments may be athletic or sports bras that redirect momentum related to a wearer's accelerating movements, for example, during exercise. |
| US11246344B2 |
Smoking article incorporating a conductive substrate
The present invention provides a conductive substrate useful for Joule heating, such as in an electronic smoking article. Particularly, the invention provides a resistive heating element formed of a conductive substrate. The conductive substrate comprises an electrically conductive material and a carbonaceous additive, such as a binder material. The conductive substrate is carbonized in that it is subjected to calcining conditions to effectively reduce the carbonaceous additive to its carbon skeleton. It has been found that such carbonized substrate has surprisingly improved resistance properties in relation a substrate of the same formulation that is not carbonized. The carbonized substrate can include an aerosol precursor material. The formed resistive heating element can be included in an electronic smoking article to simultaneously provide resistive heating and aerosol formation with a single, unitary component. |
| US11246343B2 |
Electronic cigarette
An electronic cigarette, including: an atomization assembly and a battery assembly. The atomization assembly is disposed on the battery assembly. The atomization assembly includes a first cover; a silicone sleeve; a mouthpiece; a first silicone ring; a steel bushing; a second cover; a second silicone ring; an e-liquid container; a third silicone ring; a filler plug; an atomization unit. The battery assembly includes a positive joint; a first spring; a first insulation ring; a negative pole; a first fixed part; a second insulation ring; a seal ring; a second fixed part; a fastener; a control plate; a position limiter; a battery; a support; a power button; a housing; a second spring; and a buckle. The first cover includes a cavity and the silicone sleeve is disposed in the cavity. The first cover is removably disposed on the mouthpiece. The first silicone ring is sheathed on the mouthpiece. |
| US11246342B2 |
Extractor for an aerosol-generating device
An elongated aerosol-generating device configured to receive an aerosol-generating article is provided, including a heater extending longitudinally with respect to the device, being configured to heat the article and to penetrate an internal portion thereof; and an extractor configured to extract the article received in the device, being movably coupled to the device between operating and extraction positions, the operating position defined by the heater contacting the article, and the extraction position defined by the heater separated from the article, the extractor including a cavity to receive the article, a first aperture through an end-wall of the cavity and being configured to allow the heater to penetrate the cavity when the extractor is moved between the extraction and operating positions, wherein the extractor further defines an air-flow channel to allow air flow into the cavity, an inlet of the channel being positioned radially-outward of the first aperture. |
| US11246341B2 |
Aerosol generation method and apparatus
Provided is an aerosol generating system including a holder configured to generate aerosol by heating a cigarette; and a cradle including an inner space into which the holder is inserted. The holder is configured to be tiltable with respect the cradle. The holder is inserted into the inner space of the cradle and then tilted to generate the aerosol. |
| US11246339B2 |
Cantilevered operating button for an electronic vapor provision system
An electronic vapor provision device including a cantilever and a button which is configured to be operated by the cantilever. |
| US11246335B2 |
Material for inclusion in a smoking article
A smokeable material for inclusion in a smoking article, the material comprising particles or fragments comprising acacia gum, wherein the particles or fragments do not comprise a diluent, flavourant or aerosol generating material; and substantially comprise or consist of acacia gum. |
| US11246334B2 |
Method and device for flavoring smokeless tobacco
An encapsulated flavorant or artificial sweetener for use with smokeless tobacco and related products. The encapsulated flavorant or artificial sweetener comprises a core encapsulated with a lipid-based coating that provides stability when in contact with tobacco, yet releases flavor over time when the product is used. The core comprises a carrier, such as silica, tobacco, beet fiber, citrus fiber, artificial sweetener, or the like, coated or loaded with a flavorant. Flavor loading may be in the range of approximately 10% to 60%, by weight. Flavorants include, but are not limited to, methyl salicylate (oil of wintergreen), cinnamon (e.g., cinnamon oil), peppermint (e.g., peppermint oil), and spearmint (oil of spearmint). |
| US11246329B2 |
Apparatus for producing cooked egg product having irregular shaped egg curds
Provided are methods of manufacturing a cooked egg product having irregular shaped egg curds similar in shape, size, and mouthfeel to that of freshly cooked scrambled eggs. Liquid egg product is optionally first preheated then transferred to a belt oven and cooked to form a layer of cooked egg product. The layer of cooked egg product is then transported through an agitator, which initially breaks down the layer of cooked egg product, and subsequently is passed through a forming plate to shape the cooked egg product into irregular shaped egg curds similar in appearance to that of freshly cooked scrambled eggs. This process allows for a simplified ingredient deck and reduces the number of fines present in the final product. |
| US11246328B2 |
Systems and methods for automatically coring, or isolating fiber or whole juice sacs from citrus fruit
A system and method for automatically coring a whole citrus fruit, isolating fiber or substantially whole juice sacs from at least a portion of a whole citrus fruit. |
| US11246321B2 |
Whey protein compositions and methods
The present invention provides various whey protein compositions as nutritional formulations suitable for use as ready-to-use liquid compositions that are shelf-stable and contains high level of intact whey protein content. The present invention further provides the methods of making such compositions. |
| US11246318B1 |
Submersion conveyor system and methods thereof
A submersion conveyor system for processing materials that need to be completely submersed in a processing liquid, such as food products, the submersion conveyor system providing a continual looping motion with a conveyor belt and flights providing a semi-enclosed volume for containing the material to be processed, the semi-enclosed volume containing the material to be processed being completely submersed in at least a portion of a processing tank during operation to provide a washing, rinsing, coating, treating, sanitizing and/or chilling or heating of the processing materials. |
| US11246317B2 |
Moulding device and method for moulding
A moulding device and a method for moulding food products from a mass of foodstuff which can be transferred by pumping are provided. The device includes a stationary frame with a revolving moulding drum assembly having a peripheral surface in which mould cavities are provided, and a mass feed device including a shoe member with a filling mouth adjoining the peripheral surface of the moulding drum assembly in order to fill said cavities with the foodstuff as they move past. In operation, the pressurized mass of foodstuff introduced into a mould cavity causes an outward force onto said shoe member. A non-revolving component is provided, concentrically supported by the moulding drum assembly, including the shoe member and an interconnected moulding drum assembly engaging counterforce element to counteract the entire outward force exerted by the pressurized foodstuff on the shoe member. |
| US11246316B2 |
Soft shaped tortillas
The present invention encompasses edible carriers for foods that are soft but still hold a preformed shape. Specifically encompassed are soft shaped tortilla products that can be used to hold food fillings. Exemplary shapes and sizes are provided for the products. Also encompassed are methods of making, packaging, and using the products. |
| US11246313B2 |
Synergist for improving crop stress resistance and fertilizer absorption capacity
The invention discloses a synergist for improving crop resistance and fertilizer absorption capacity. The synergist includes the following components by weight: 20-30 parts of an oyster shell powder, 20-30 parts of a water chestnut skin powder, 10-20 parts of a chinaberry bark powder, 10-20 parts of a magnetic material, 10-20 parts of an illite powder, 5-10 parts of a shiitake mushroom polysaccharide extract. The synergist can, on one hand, improve the resistance of crops, especially reducing the pests and diseases significantly, improving waterlogging and drought resistance; and, on the other hand, greatly reduce the use of fertilizers, especially nitrogen fertilizers, preventing soil compaction. It can also significantly increase the content of active polysaccharides, especially β-glucan in crops. In addition, the raw materials are readily available, the cost is low, and there are significant economic benefits. |
| US11246312B2 |
Antimicrobial compositions and methods of using same
Disclosed herein are antimicrobial compositions that are substantially odorless. The antimicrobial compositions can comprise, for example, a first essential oil and a second essential oil, wherein the composition is substantially odorless. In some examples, the composition can further comprise a third essential oil. The compositions described herein can, for example, reduce the population of microbes, such as Staphylococcus aureus or Escherichia coli, by 5 log or more. Also disclosed herein are beverages and food products including the compositions disclosed herein. Also disclosed herein is milk including the compositions disclosed herein. Also disclosed herein are methods for treating or preventing a microbial infection in a subject, the methods comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of any of the compositions disclosed herein. Also disclosed herein are methods for combating bovine mastitis, the methods comprising applying any of the compositions disclosed herein to cow udders. |
| US11246311B2 |
Regulator for increasing plant beta-glucan content
A regulator for increasing plant β-glucan content includes the following components by weight: 30-50 parts of a magnetic material, 20-30 parts of an oyster shell powder, 20-30 parts of an illite powder, and 10-20 parts of a mushroom polysaccharide extract. |
| US11246305B2 |
Tined mole trap apparatus
A tined mole trap apparatus for catching moles of all sizes and preventing escape includes a pair of jaws comprising an outer jaw and an inner jaw. Each of the pair of jaws have a U-shaped upper portion and a pair of curved outer arms extending from the upper portion. A pair of crossbars is coupled between the pair of outer arms proximal the upper portion. A plurality of tines is coupled to the pair of crossbars. A pivot rod is coupled through the upper portion of each of the pair of jaws such that the inner jaw pivotably moves within the outer jaw between a clamped position and a spread position. A spring engages the pair of crossbars to force the pair of jaws towards the clamped position. A trigger plate is coupled to the crossbar of the inner jaw. A set rod maintains the pair of jaws in the spread position. |
| US11246304B2 |
Air boom distribution system
A method of inhibiting dry material clogs in a work vehicle having an air boom assembly includes moving the work vehicle at a vehicle speed along a ground surface, moving dry material from a holding tank onto a conveyor, and operating the conveyor at a conveyor speed, the conveyor speed being at least partially dependent upon the vehicle speed, moving material from the conveyor into a boom assembly with a blower, dispensing the dry material onto the ground surface through a plurality of nozzles of the boom assembly, and comparing the conveyor speed to a maximum acceptable conveyor speed. If the conveyor speed is greater than the maximum acceptable conveyor speed, the method includes performing at least one of the following: alerting the operator that the conveyor speed is greater than the maximum acceptable speed, and reducing the vehicle speed to thereby reduce the speed of the conveyor. |
| US11246303B2 |
Modular pest trap assembly
The modular pest trap assembly of the present application includes a modular relatively planar structure that is configured to be adaptable for different methods and areas of a structure for the capture of pests. The assembly includes a main body with a first face and a second face. The modular structure also includes a flap and an edge trap member. An adhesive layer extends across a portion of a singular face of the modular structure. A detachable film cover lays across the adhesive layer to permit handling without contact of the adhesive layer. The flap extends outward from the main body so as to assist in attaching the main body to a corner for creation of a void space. |
| US11246302B2 |
Boat fishing devices
A fishing system for fishing in a center console or smaller fishing boat in the big or rough seas is provided. The fishing system may include a teaser rigger mounted to the fishing boat, wherein a teaser release line is received through at least two pulleys and operatively associating a teaser to a boom. The fishing system may separately or in combination include a leader saver connected to a fishing rod in the fishing boat. The fishing system may separately or in combination include a non-skid material of fighting chair frictionally engaging a flat surface provided in the fishing boat. |
| US11246300B2 |
Fishing lure
A fishing lure for simulating the motion of dying bait is described. In one embodiment, the fishing lure includes a lure body having a longitudinal line and a nose at a first distal end having a line tie with an anchor secured to the nose of the lure body. The line tie further includes a leg which extends forward and downward from the anchor and at the end of the leg opposite from the anchor an eyelet is provided for connection to a fishing line. |
| US11246299B2 |
Disease model pig exhibiting stable phenotype, and production method thereof
Disease model pigs produced by nuclear transplantation, disease model pigs exhibiting stable phenotypes and production methods thereof are provided. Chimeric pigs for producing disease model pigs exhibiting stable phenotypes, genital glands thereof, and germ cells thereof are also provided. A method for producing a genetically modified disease model pig, includes: (a) transplanting a nucleus of a genetically modified cell into cytoplasm of an egg; (b) developing an obtained clonal embryo in a womb of a female pig to obtain an offspring; and mating the obtained offspring or having the offspring undergo sexual reproduction to further obtain the genetically modified offspring as a disease model pig. |
| US11246297B2 |
Container for a nucleus hive of bees
A container for a nucleus hive of bees including a box having a polygonal shaped bottom and a plurality of side walls. Each one of the plurality of side walls extends upwardly from an edge of the polygonal shaped bottom. A side edge of each side wall is attached to a side edge of an adjacent side wall and upper edges of the side walls form an opening. The opening has an area larger than the area of the polygonal shaped bottom and a shape substantially corresponding to the polygonal shaped bottom. A hive frame support means is positioned on inner wall surfaces of a plurality of the side walls. A polygonal shaped removable lid is configured to rest upon and cover the opening. The box and lid are preferably formed from a rigid commodity grade plastic material. |
| US11246294B2 |
Rotatable horse lifting and supporting device
A four-legged animal lifter. Lifting straps extend downward from a rotatable horse support structure. Four harnesses are connected to the lifting straps and are attached to the legs of the four-legged animal. A lifting apparatus is attached to the rotatable horse structure and is for lifting the four-legged animal upwards to reduce weight on the animal's legs. In preferred embodiment the four-legged animal is a horse. |
| US11246290B1 |
Wearable apparatus and method for animal training
A wearable animal training apparatus including a casing having an inner wall, and an outer wall. The apparatus includes a flexible first wire disposed against a proximal surface between the inner wall and the outer wall of the casing, and a flexible second wire disposed against a distal surface between the inner wall and the outer wall of the casing. The apparatus also includes a power source having a positive terminal and a negative terminal, and an electric motor. The first wire is connected to the positive terminal of the power source, and the second wire is connected to the negative terminal of the power source. |
| US11246288B2 |
Intelligent outdoor pet feeder
An intelligent outdoor pet feeder includes an outer shell, a bottom shell, a water storage module, a control module, a water adding module, a biological sensing module, a water volume sensing module, and a power supply module. The water storage module is disposed inside the outer shell, the biological sensing module is disposed on the outer shell, the water adding module is disposed inside the outer shell, the control module is disposed inside the outer shell, and the water volume sensing module is disposed inside the water storage module. The intelligent outdoor pet feeder identifiers the pet body by the biological sensing module, identifies a change of water volume inside the water storage device combining with the water volume sensing module, and further controls operation of adding water of the water adding module. |
| US11246286B2 |
Control unit for game or fish feeder
The present invention relates to a control unit (116) for a game or fish feeder (100). The control unit (116) is mounted on the feeder (100) and comprises: means (130) for controlling the powering of a drive unit (110) of said feeder (100) for controlled output of feed from the feeder (100); a wireless transmitter (138) arranged to communicate over a wireless network (146) with a remote unit (140); a sensor (132; 134) for measuring a parameter of the feeder (100); and means (124) for determining whether a measured parameter value provided by said sensor (132; 134) fulfills a predetermined condition in order to detect an action-requiring state of the feeder (100). In response to a detected action-requiring state, the wireless transmitter (138) is triggered to send a notification to said remote unit (140). |
| US11246281B2 |
Hybrid tomato variety 72-009 RZ
The present invention relates to a Solanum lycopersicum seed designated 72-009 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Solanum lycopersicum plant produced by growing the 72-009 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the tomato cultivar, represented by tomato variety 72-009 RZ. |
| US11246279B1 |
Maize inbred 6HHXI6026
A novel maize variety designated 6HHXI6026 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 6HHXI6026 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 6HHXI6026 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety 6HHXI6026 or a locus conversion of 6HHXI6026 with another maize variety. |
| US11246276B2 |
Powdery mildew resistance marker for winter squash plants, powdery mildew resistant winter squash plant, method for producing powdery mildew resistant winter squash plant using the same, and method for imparting powdery mildew resistance to winter squash plant
The present invention provides to a novel powdery mildew resistance marker for winter squash plants, a powdery mildew resistant winter squash plant, and a method for producing a powdery mildew resistant winter squash plant using the same. The powdery mildew resistance marker for winter squash plants according to the present invention is characterized in that it includes a powdery mildew resistance locus on chromosome 3. |
| US11246270B2 |
Device and method for breeding blueberry-specific mycorrhizal fungi
A device and a method for breeding blueberry-specific mycorrhizal fungi. The device includes a container, where a bottom of the container is laid with perlite to form a perlite layer; an absorbent cotton is arranged on the perlite layer; a hole for planting is provided in the absorbent cotton and blueberry tissue culture seedlings or moss seedlings are placed in the hole; and a spore transfer solution is provided around the blueberry tissue culture seedlings or moss seedlings. When used as a bacterial fertilizer for inoculation in the field, the pieces of absorbent cotton are buried directly around the blueberry roots; while used for research, one of the pieces of the absorbent cotton is washed with sterile water and filtered with a filter paper to obtain mycorrhizal fungi spores. |
| US11246269B2 |
Autonomous mobile platform and variable rate irrigation method for preventing frost damage
A rover includes a base having wheels and a propulsion system coupled to the wheels to propel the rover around a field. A tower is coupled to the base and extends over the base. Sensors are set on the tower and the base and are configured to sense environmental conditions around the rover at different elevations. A computing system includes a processor and memory. The memory is configured to receive measured data from the sensors and determine an amount and manner of water to be dispensed on plant life in the field. |
| US11246266B2 |
Controlling light exposure of light sensitive object
An approach for controlling light exposure of a light sensitive object is described. Aspects of this approach involve using a first set of radiation sources to irradiate the object with visible radiation and infrared radiation. A second set of radiation sources spot irradiate the object in a set of locations with a target ultraviolet radiation having a range of wavelengths. Radiation sensors detect radiation reflected from the object and environment condition sensors detect conditions of the environment in which the object is located during irradiation. A controller controls irradiation of the light sensitive object by the first and second set of radiation sources according to predetermined optimal irradiation settings specified for various environmental conditions. In addition, the controller adjusts irradiation settings of the first and second set of radiation sources as a function of measurements obtained by the various sensors. |
| US11246265B2 |
Agricultural system
An agricultural system including an agricultural baler and a control unit. The baler includes a driveline including at least one heat generating component; a rotatable flywheel; a rotary input shaft connectable by the driveline to the rotatable flywheel; and at least one pump for supplying cooling fluid at a cooling fluid pressure to the at least one heat generating component. The control unit is configured to: receive baler-data indicative of one or more operating conditions of the agricultural baler; receive cooling-pressure-data indicative of a flow of the cooling fluid supplied by the at least one pump; set a threshold-condition based on the baler-data; and provide a control-signal to the agricultural baler based on a comparison between the cooling-pressure-data and the threshold-condition. |
| US11246264B2 |
Harvesting control system with cutter bar load sensing
A harvesting machine includes a chassis; an engine to propel the harvesting machine; a header mounted on a front of the chassis; a cutter bar arranged on the header to cut crops during operation of the harvesting machine; a plurality of implements on the chassis configured to facilitate processing the crops cut by the cutter bar; at least one cutter bar load sensor arranged on the header and configured to collect cutter bar load data representing a load on the cutter bar resulting from cutting the crops; and a controller operatively coupled to the at least one cutter bar sensor. The controller is configured to receive the cutter bar load data, determine a cutter bar load value based on the cutter bar load data, and generate an adjustment command for an operational parameter associated with at least one of the implements based on the cutter bar load value. |
| US11246262B2 |
Operation safety assembly for a lawncare apparatus
A lawncare apparatus includes a main body, multiple wheels supporting the main body, a cutting blade disposed in the main body, a motor driving the cutting blade, and an operating arm connected to the first end of the main body. The distance in the horizontal direction between the axial central line of the cylindrical gripping portion of the operating arm and the axes of the elongated handle of the main body along the length direction is less than 5 cm. Because of the structure mate relationship between the operating arm and the cylindrical gripping portion, the operator feels more comfortable during the transporting process, the volume of lawncare apparatus during transporting is reduced and the convenience of transporting is improved. |
| US11246259B2 |
Locking assembly for agricultural combine harvesting head
A harvesting head for an agricultural combine includes a frame and a support arm coupled to the frame. The support arm is configured to move between an unlocked state in which the support arm is moveable relative to the frame and a locked state in which the support arm is fixed relative to the frame. The harvesting head includes cutting teeth supported by the support arm relative to the frame. The cutting teeth are configured to move relative to the support arm in a reciprocating motion along a longitudinal axis of the frame. The harvesting head includes a gauge member coupled to the frame. The gauge member is configured to sense a height of the frame relative to a surface. The harvesting head includes a control assembly configured to move the support arm into the locked state based on the height of the frame relative to the surface. |
| US11246253B2 |
Compact row closer and row cleaner assemblies
An apparatus and system for adjustably controlling the position and depth of row closer wheels in no-till planting applications, the apparatus comprising a frame, a piston movably secured at the top to the frame, upper and lower parallel arms disposed about the piston and movably secured at one end to the frame and at the other end to a hub stem, and a set of piston arms each movably secured at the top to one of the upper or lower parallel arms and at the other end to the bottom of the piston. A closing wheel assembly having a closing wheel frame and a set of closing wheels pivotally mounted to a lever on a single axle assembly allows the operator to change the angle at which the closing wheels intersect the ground surface during use. Accordingly, as the angle of the lever is manipulated, the angle of the closing wheel pivotally mounted to that lever changes in the vertical and/or horizontal dimensions. |
| US11252849B2 |
Cooling of electronic displays
An electronic display has a housing with different regions and a display panel with a display surface. A cooling module flows internal coolant through the cooling module and the regions. The cooling module has a crossflow heat-exchanger and side walls. The regions and cooling module have an coolant inlet and outlet. The coolant inlets of the regions communicate with the coolant outlet of the cooling module. The coolant outlets of the regions communicate with the coolant inlet of the cooling module. The regions have their own circulating loop of coolant, with flow of coolant being deflected from the outlet of the cooling module towards the coolant inlets of the regions, and flow of coolant from the coolant outlets of the regions being deflected towards the coolant inlet of the cooling module. The coolant flows in parallel over both front and back of the display panel. |
| US11252846B2 |
Ventilation device, ventilation unit, and power conversion device
A ventilation device of an embodiment includes a housing, a shutter case, a fan, and a shutter. The shutter case has an opening. The fan is configured to exhaust air inside the housing to outside through the opening. The shutter partitions inside of the shutter case into a first chamber communicating with the opening and a second chamber different from the first chamber, and opens and closes the opening by a rotating operation. The fan is arranged on a first chamber side of the shutter case in the housing. The first chamber is a positive pressure region of the fan. The second chamber is a negative pressure region of the fan. The second chamber of the shutter case communicates only with the negative pressure region in the housing. The shutter is provided so that a pressure received from the second chamber is smaller than a pressure received from the first chamber. |
| US11252844B2 |
Liquid distribution for electronic racks
According to one embodiment, a liquid distribution system includes a main liquid supply and return unit, a mounting rail that extends along at least a portion of a height of the electronic rack, and a connecting unit that is slidably coupled to the mounting rail and is coupled to the main liquid supply and return unit via a flexible supply line and a flexible return line, the connecting unit is arranged to couple to a piece of information technology (IT) equipment to circulate coolant from the main liquid supply and return unit through the piece of IT equipment to create a heat-transfer loop that transfers thermal energy away from the piece of IT equipment and into the coolant. |
| US11252843B2 |
Adjustable air baffle for system airflow improvement
An air baffle for optimizing thermal performance of memory components provided in a chassis is disclosed. The air baffle has a body and one or more venting units provided on the body. The body is configured to be removably coupled to the chassis. The body covers the memory components when coupled to the chassis. The one or more venting units direct air flowing through the chassis. Each of the venting units includes vent openings and a corresponding number of adjustable venting plates. The vent openings are each aligned with the memory components when the body is coupled to the chassis. Each of the adjustable venting plates have an open position or a closed position. A respective venting plate of the adjustable venting plates in the open position allows airflow through a respective vent opening of the vent openings. The respective venting plate of the adjustable venting plates in the closed position blocks airflow through the respective vent opening of the vent openings. |
| US11252840B2 |
Vapor cooling of electronics
A cooling assembly according to various aspects of the present disclosure includes a housing, an electronic component, a dielectric coolant, and a cover. The housing includes an interior compartment having a basin region in which the electronic component and the coolant are disposed. The coolant undergoes phase change between a liquid state and a gas state. The coolant is in direct contact with the electronic component in the liquid state. The cover component extends transversely through the interior compartment and is coupled to the body. The cover component is disposed in a direction with respect to the basin region. The cover component at least partially defines a port in fluid communication with the basin region. The cover component is configured to permit flow therethrough of the dielectric coolant in the gas state in at least the direction. |
| US11252839B2 |
Computer liquid cooling system
A computer liquid cooling system includes a radiator having a built-in fluid tank, at least one heat exchanger pump and a plurality of fluid conduits. The radiator includes at least one first flow port and at least one second flow port for attachment of the plurality of fluid conduits thereto for actively moving a cooling fluid to and from the at least one heat exchanger pump. Heat generated from a heat generating device is transferred to cooling fluid flowing through the at least one heat exchanger pump, and then output to the radiator. The heated cooling fluid flows through the radiator having the built-in fluid tank, cooling along a plurality of heat exchanger fins. The cooling fluid flows to the heat exchanger pump to once again begin the cooling loop. |
| US11252836B2 |
Communication network performance monitoring and power backup
A power backup method for use in a communication network monitoring device and a communication network monitoring device are provided. The method includes detecting an external power failure to a communication network monitoring device; switching to a backup power source internal to the communication network monitoring device upon detecting the external power failure: and while powered by the backup power source: generating an issue report recording the detected external power failure; communicating the issue report; shutting down operation of the communication network monitoring device after communicating the issue report. |
| US11252835B2 |
Bendable cover, bendable display module, and bendable terminal device
A display module, a terminal device and a bendable cover, where the bendable cover includes a flexible substrate and hard plates. The flexible substrate has a hard area and a bending area. A quantity of hard areas is the same as a quantity of the hard plates, where the hard areas are in a one-to-one correspondence with the hard plates, and each of the hard plates is located on a surface of a corresponding hard area. There is a bending area between two adjacent hard areas. Under an effect of external force, the bendable cover is capable of bending along the bending area. |
| US11252834B2 |
Electronic apparatus
An electronic apparatus includes a display module and an electronic apparatus housing for installing the display module. The electronic apparatus housing includes a housing body and a back cover. The housing body defines a groove in which a first adsorption component and a retaining slot are arranged. The back cover includes a back cover body and a second adsorption component arranged on a first end of the back cover body. The back cover and the housing body are engaged with each other through the adsorption action between the first adsorption component and the second adsorption component, and a cavity structure is formed between a second end of the back cover body and the housing body. |
| US11252833B2 |
Foldable electronic device and hinge module thereof
A hinge module and a foldable electronic device comprising the same are disclosed. The hinge module comprises a support piece. The foldable electronic device comprises a central body, a first panel body, a second panel body, and a flexible screen. When the first panel body and the second panel body are in an unfolded state, the flexible screen is flattened and the support piece is located at the first position for the supporting surface abutting against the bendable area of the flexible screen; and when the first panel body and the second panel body are in a folded state, the bendable area is bent, the support piece is located at the second position, and the support piece, the first panel body, and the second panel body collaboratively form a receiving space for accommodating the bendable area of the flexible screen. |
| US11252828B2 |
Housing and wall mount casing for google nest guard or similar article
A table-top or wall-mount case houses a control box unit for a home security system. A main housing component seats the control box, and a lid or cap fits into (or onto) the main component and holds the control box in place. A circular opening or window in the cap provides access to the keys or buttons of the key pad. A ring of a plastic foam or other yielding resilient material retains the control unit and holds it in position inside the case. A cord opening and a channel or groove are provided in the base for the power or data cord. |
| US11252827B2 |
Display device
A display device is provided. A display device of embodiments the present invention include: an optical panel part disposed in a case part; a display part facing the optical panel part and including a plurality of display units connected to one another, each of the display units having an unpatterned edge formed in the peripheral portion thereof; and a transparent panel part facing the display part. |
| US11252826B2 |
Electronic device including flexible display and method for controlling same
An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device includes a first and second housing movable relative to each other. The second housing supports a flexible display which may be at least partially exposed to an exterior, and at least partially stowed within the first housing based on the movement of the housings. A processor implements the method including detecting movement of the housings such that a visible display area of the display is changed, detecting whether the resizing meets a predetermined condition, and if resizing does not meet the predetermined condition, executing image processing on a portion of the resized visible display area. |
| US11252823B2 |
Manufacturing method of multilayer printed circuit boards
A manufacturing method of multilayer printed circuit boards has steps as follows: aligning circuit layers with a stacking location to form a substrate having multiple positioning portions; pre joining the substrate at the positioning portions; forming an alignment hole in each positioning portion; and placing the pre joined substrate over alignment pins of a press device for lamination. After the circuit layers are aligned, the substrate is pre joined at the positioning portions, and then the alignment holes are formed in the positioning portions for pins alignment at the press device. The alignment accuracy is enhanced. Dusts will not deposit onto surfaces of the circuit layers to damage circuits thereof. |
| US11252816B2 |
Composite with hollow nano-structures and application thereof
A composite with hollow nano-structures includes multiple one dimensional hollow nanowires being dispersed into a polymer film. The polymer film is flexible, a dielectric constant of the one dimensional hollow nanowire is lower than a dielectric constant of the polymer film, and a dielectric constant of the composite is between the dielectric constant of the one dimensional hollow nanowire and the dielectric constant of the polymer film. |
| US11252813B2 |
Multilayer circuit board filter
An advantageous effect of a low-pass filter that reduces high-frequency noise can be obtained by including an input terminal that extends from a front surface to a rear surface of a multilayer circuit board including a double-sided circuit board; a first wiring conductor having an end connected to the input terminal on the rear surface of the multilayer circuit board; a first via that extends from an other end of the first wiring conductor to the front surface of the multilayer circuit board; a second wiring conductor having an end connected to the first via on the front surface of the multilayer circuit board; and a first input capacitor disposed on the second wiring conductor; by being conductive due to the input terminal and the first via being configured in series; and including the first input capacitor. |
| US11252812B2 |
Electronic device module
An electronic device module includes: a substrate; at least one electronic device mounted on a first surface of the substrate; a connection portion mounted on the first surface of the substrate; and a shielding portion disposed along an external surface of the connection portion and electrically connected to a ground of the substrate through at least one connection conductor. |
| US11252809B2 |
Solar lamps with radial elements
A solar-powered lamp is disclosed. The lamp includes a plurality of radiating extensions, each being formed from a plurality of flat panels that can fold relative to each other along lines between respective ones of the plurality of flat panels; and an electronics assembly, wherein the lamp is collapsible, and the flat panels for each of the radiating extensions fold relative to each other as the lamp is collapsed. |
| US11252803B2 |
Operating device with staggered protection circuits against overvoltage and overcurrent and antenna for driving intelligent lamps and lighting appliances
In order to achieve a universal, flexible and highly integrated operating device for driving various lamps, ensuring the protection of the entire operating device and of the appliances connected thereto by means of staggered protective measures at both the input and the output, starting from the preamble of claim 1, a first branch for connecting a lamp to a first of the interface circuits (SS1) and a second branch for connecting at least one communication module to a second of the interface circuits (SS2) are connected to the coarse protection circuit (G) which short-circuits an overvoltage of the mains voltage occurring at the input of the operating device. In the first branch, a line filter (NF) is connected to the coarse protection circuit (G) and a clamp circuit (K) consisting of the fine protection circuit (F) and of a first energy absorber (E1) is connected to the line filter (NF). When the residual pulse voltage is too high, the fine protection circuit (F) activates the first energy absorber (E1), the overvoltage pulse is short-circuited and the short-circuit is deactivated again when the mains voltage reaches the next zero crossing. A second energy absorber (E2) which, when it is switched on, limits the current with the aid of a temperature-dependent resistor (NTC), is connected to the first energy absorber (E1). Moreover, the first interface circuit (SS1) comprises a protection circuit (ÜS) against overvoltage and overcurrent, and an intermediate protection circuit (M) consisting of a transmitter (Ü) and of a first fine protection circuit (F1) is connected to the coarse protection circuit (G) in the second branch. A filter (FK) for separating communication signals fed in parallel into the power supply grid is connected to the first fine protection circuit (F) and a second fine protection circuit (F2) is connected to this filter (FK). In order to protect the second interface circuit (SS2) of the operating device from overvoltage and overcurrent coming from the communication module and acting upon the operating device, the second interface circuit (SS2) comprises a protection circuit (ÜS) against overvoltage and overcurrent. The invention is used in the field of protection systems against overvoltage. |
| US11252794B2 |
Systems, devices, and methods for controlling an LED light source based on a color temperature scale factor
A light fixture is configured to produce an output via a driver circuit to drive an array of LED light sources. Controlling the light fixture includes receiving a first light intensity value related to a light intensity value for the array of LED light sources, determining a first dimming curve based on the first light intensity value and a color temperature value to determine a first value, receiving a second light intensity value related to a light intensity value for the array of LED light sources at which the color temperature value for the output of the light fixture is achieved, wherein the second light intensity value is different than the first light intensity value, determining a second dimming curve based on the second light intensity value and the color temperature value to determine a second value, wherein the second dimming curve is different than the first dimming curve. |
| US11252791B2 |
Controller and home appliance having automatic opening structure
A control method includes controlling a lever, a pusher and a motor so as to arrange the same in a correct position when electric power is supplied to the home appliance, or the user turns on the home appliance. Abnormalities involving an automatic opening of the door through changes in a return/stop switch and an opening sensing switch while the motor operates so as to open the door may be confirmed. |
| US11252786B2 |
IoT networking extension with bi-directional packet relay
An Internet of Things (IoT) device includes a transceiver to transmit and receive data packets. The IoT device also includes a controller to alternate between upstream and downstream relaying of data packets via the transceiver. |
| US11252779B2 |
Physical location management for voice over packet communication
Methods and systems are described for voice over packet communications. |
| US11252775B2 |
Session management method and apparatus
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a session management method and an apparatus. The technology is specifically related to sending, by user equipment, a NAS message to an AGF, where the NAS message includes a PDU session establishment request message used to request to establish a PDU session, receiving, by the user equipment, a PDU session establishment accept message returned by a network side device, and establishing, by the user equipment, an access session with the AGF, where the access session is an access session related to the PDU session. The user equipment sends the NAS message to establish the PDU session, and establishes the access session with the AGF. Because the access session is related to the PDU session, the user equipment can map the PDU session to the access session, so that the user equipment accesses a 5G CN through a fixed network. |
| US11252772B2 |
Single transmitter switching for dual connectivity
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some cases, a user equipment (UE) may identify, for a carrier aggregation (CA) configuration including a primary cell and one or more secondary cells, a first frame structure configuration for the primary cell and a second frame structure configuration for a secondary cell of the one or more secondary cells. The UE may receive, from a base station, a downlink communication on the secondary cell. The UE may determine a feedback timing for the secondary cell based on the first frame structure configuration for the primary cell and the second frame structure configuration for the secondary cell. The UE may transmit, in response to the received downlink communication, feedback to the base station according to the feedback timing. |
| US11252768B2 |
Non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer-readable instructions for terminal device and communication device
A terminal device may acquire a first identifier identifying a first AP from an OS program in a case where a first wireless connection has been established with the first AP, send a search instruction to a communication device using a second wireless connection in a case where the second wireless connection is established with the communication device, receive search result information including N identifiers identifying N access points from the communication device, and determine whether the first identifier exists in the N identifiers. The terminal device may send a first connection instruction including the first identifier to the communication device in a case where it is determined that the first identifier exists, and send a second connection instruction including a second identifier to the communication device in a case where it is determined that the first identifier does not exist. |
| US11252766B2 |
Data transmission method and communications device
The present disclosure relates to data transmission methods and communications devices. One example communications device includes a transceiver. The transceiver is configured to send a transmission frame to a second communications device, where the second communications device acquires data information in the transmission frame, and the transmission frame includes a first part and a second part. The transceiver is configured to send the first part of the transmission frame by using a first quantity of subcarriers. The transceiver is configured to send the second part of the transmission frame by using a second quantity of subcarriers, where the first quantity is not equal to the second quantity. The transceiver is further configured to perform a next time of information transmission with the second communications device. |
| US11252762B2 |
Multicarrier communications employing time alignment timers
Wireless communications for a plurality of cell groups are described. Uplink transmissions, such as uplink transport blocks, hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmission, and/or channel state information transmission, may be based on one or more time alignment timers associated with a cell group. |
| US11252761B2 |
Method and apparatus for random access
A method and an apparatus for random access are provided. The method includes: a network device receives a plurality of random access signals on a plurality of predetermined resources, wherein one predetermined resource of the plurality of predetermined resources corresponds to one random access signal of the plurality of random access signals; the network device determines a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) according to the plurality of predetermined resources; and the network device transmits a random access response of the plurality of random access signals scrambled through the RNTI. |
| US11252758B2 |
Information processing apparatus, and signal transmission control method
To improve utilization efficiency of media by an information processing apparatus in a situation where a plurality of networks is adjacent to each other.An information processing apparatus includes: a measuring unit; a judging unit; and a control unit. In the information processing apparatus, the measuring unit measures signal strength of a received signal. The judging unit judges whether or not later signal transmission is possible using a relative value with respect to the signal strength measured by the measuring unit as a threshold on the basis of the threshold. The control unit controls signal transmission in accordance with the judgment by the judging unit about whether or not signal transmission is possible. |
| US11252757B2 |
Uplink LBT channel detection method, uplink data sending method, and device
The present application discloses an uplink LBT channel detection method, an uplink data sending method, and a device. The method includes: before transmitting a UL grant, determining, by a base station, based on a service priority in a BSR of user equipment scheduled in a self-contained subframe, a contention window required for performing LBT; and performing, by the base station, the LBT based on the contention window, and after detecting that a channel is idle, transmitting, in the self-contained subframe through the channel, a UL grant corresponding to the user equipment; or after detecting, by using the LBT, that a channel is idle, transmitting, by the base station in the self-contained subframe through the channel, a UL grant corresponding to the user equipment, where the UL grant carries information about the contention window, so that the user equipment performs the LBT based on the information about the contention window. |
| US11252755B2 |
Uplink resource grant methods and apparatus
An uplink resource grant method includes receiving, by a terminal, configuration information from a network device, where the configuration information includes information about a first uplink resource and information about a second uplink resource, and searching, by the terminal, a search space for a downlink control channel to obtain grant information. The search space includes a first control channel candidate set when the downlink control channel carries grant information of the first (or the second) uplink resource, and the search space includes a second control channel candidate set when the downlink control channel carries grant information of the second (or the first) uplink resource or grant information of a downlink resource. The first control channel candidate set is the same as the second control channel candidate set. |
| US11252750B2 |
Scheduling of a primary cell from a secondary cell
A wireless device receives configuration parameters of one or more first search spaces of a primary cell and one or more second search spaces of a secondary cell. The secondary cell may be a scheduling cell for the primary cell. The wireless device may receive scheduling information associated with scheduling of the primary cell. In response to the secondary cell being deactivated, receiving the scheduling information may comprise monitoring the one or more first search spaces. In response to the secondary cell being activated, receiving the scheduling information may comprise monitoring the one or more second search spaces. The wireless device may transmit or receive a transport block, via the primary cell, based on the scheduling information. |
| US11252748B2 |
System information for access and backhaul
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that provide for system information (SI) for access and backhaul. An access node (AN) may provide SI to devices within its cell indicating communication procedure configurations. The AN may provide SI to devices that is specific to whether the communication procedure is an access procedure or a backhaul procedure. The AN may transmit a common master information block (MIB) directing the devices within its cell to a search space in order to receive the remaining SI. The search space may be shared between access devices and backhaul devices or alternatively may be separate between access and backhaul devices. The remaining SI may not be shared between access and backhaul devices. The devices may determine different configurations as defined by the SI from the AN for communications procedures based on whether the procedure is an access procedure or a backhaul procedure. |
| US11252747B2 |
Communication method and device
A communication method and a device are provided, to properly utilize resources. The communication method includes: configuring, by a network device M first channels in a first time unit for a terminal, indicating, by the network device, N second channels in the first time unit to the terminal by using a downlink control channel, where the second channel is used to send second acknowledgement information and second scheduling request information in the first time unit, a quantity of first channels is M, M+N is greater than or equal to 2×B, M is less than N, the second acknowledgement information is an element in a second acknowledgement information set, B is a quantity of elements in the second acknowledgement information set. |
| US11252746B2 |
Method for data transmission, terminal device and network device
Provided in the embodiments of the present application are a method, a terminal device and a network device for data transmission. The method comprises: transmitting, by a terminal device, a first control signaling to a network device, wherein the first control signaling instructs the network device to allocate an uplink resource to first uplink data which are buffered and a backup uplink resource to the terminal device; receiving, by the terminal device, a second control signaling transmitted by the network device, wherein the second control signaling indicates the uplink resource allocated to the first uplink data and the backup uplink resource; transmitting, by the terminal device, the first uplink data on the uplink resource allocated to the first uplink data; transmitting, by the terminal device, second uplink data to the network device on the backup uplink resource if the second uplink data are buffered in the terminal device. |
| US11252739B2 |
Management device, terminal device, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium
A management device managing terminal devices includes a memory, a receiver, a controller, and a transmitter. The memory stores: area management information in which area specifying information specifying an area where the terminal device is positioned and area kind information indicating characteristic of the area are associated with each other; and memory management information in which the area kind information and memory setting information on memory regions for respective functions used by the terminal device are associated with each other. The receiver receives a request message including the area specifying information of one of the terminal devices. The controller specifies the area kind information corresponding to the one terminal device based on the request message and acquires the memory setting information corresponding to the specified area kind information from the memory. The transmitter transmits the acquired memory setting information to the one terminal device. |
| US11252736B2 |
Methods, network nodes, and computer programs for transmit timing adjustment
A method for transmit timing adjustment by a second network node includes obtaining an indication of beam link failure of a current beam that is used for ongoing communication with a first network node. The method further includes switching over to a backup beam of the current beam for continuing the ongoing communication with the first network node, and adjusting transmit timing for transmitting a signal as part of the ongoing communication in the backup beam based on earlier communicated timing information with the first network node before making any transmission of the signal on the backup beam. |
| US11252735B2 |
Common resource-based data transmission method and device
Provided in the present invention are common resource-based data transmission method and device. A communication method according to the present invention comprises: acquiring common resource configuration information; determining, based on the common resource configuration information, an available resource for data transmission; and transmitting data based on the available resource. Another communication method according to the present invention comprises: determining common resource configuration information; sending to one or more terminals the common resource configuration information; and performing, based on the common resource configuration information, data transmission with a first terminal of the one or more terminals. The solutions provided in the present invention enable a terminal to transmit data with no signaling cost or a reduced required signaling cost. |
| US11252730B2 |
Method for performing beam management in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor
The present specification provides a beam management method in a wireless communication system. The beam management method performed by a serving base station according to the present specification comprise setting, to a UE, a plurality of beam management reference signals (RSs) for downlink beam scanning of the UE, transmitting at least one beam management reference signal to the UE through at least one transmission beam; receiving beam index information corresponding to a predetermined number of transmission beams from the UE; and based on the received beam index information, transmitting indication information for controlling a beam used for transmission of a downlink reference signal of the neighboring eNB and/or transmission of an uplink reference signal of the neighboring UE to the neighboring eNB and/or the neighboring UE. |
| US11252729B2 |
Communication device and communication method
In a wireless communication base station device, a modulation unit carries out modulation processing for Dch data after coding to generate a Dch data symbol. A modulation unit carries out modulation processing for Lch data after coding to generate an Lch data symbol. An allocation unit allocates the Dch data symbol and Lch data symbol to each sub-carrier composing an OFDM symbol and outputs the allocated sub-carrier to a multiplex unit. In this case, the allocation unit allocates the Dch data symbol to a plurality of resource blocks where one Dch is arranged at an interval equal to integral multiples of the number of resource blocks composing a resource block group. |
| US11252723B1 |
Modifying a vehicular radio based on a schedule of point-to-point vehicular communications
The disclosure includes embodiments for modifying a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) radio of an ego vehicle that is a connected vehicle. In some embodiments, a method includes analyzing, by a machine learning module executed by a processor, a local dynamic map generated by the ego vehicle to determine schedule data describing a schedule for the ego vehicle to transmit a millimeter wave (mmWave) message to a remote vehicle. The method includes transmitting a V2X message including the schedule data for receipt by the remote vehicle so that the remote vehicle has access to the schedule. The method includes modifying an operation of the V2X radio of the ego vehicle based on the schedule so that the V2X radio transmits the mmWave message to the remote vehicle in compliance with the schedule. The method includes transmitting the mmWave message to the remote vehicle in compliance with the schedule. |
| US11252721B2 |
Slot format indication to a UE group in a cell of a base station
Systems and methods for allocating resources of an air interface. In one embodiment, a base station communicates with a plurality of User Equipment (UE) within a cell over an air interface. The base station selects a UE group from the UEs in the cell to share a physical downlink control channel, selects a slot format for the UE group, and identifies a slot format indicator for the UE group. The base station generates a group ID for the UE group so that a combination of the group ID and the slot format indicator indicates a slot format value that is mapped to the selected slot format for the UE group, provides the group ID to the UE group, and transmits the slot format indicator on the physical downlink control channel to the UE group. |
| US11252716B2 |
Facilitating uplink communication waveform selection
The disclosed subject matter relates to facilitating uplink communication waveform selection in wireless communication systems, and more particularly Fifth Generation (5G) wireless communication systems. In one or more embodiments, a system is provided comprising a processor and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations. These operations can comprise facilitating establishing a wireless communication link between a first device and a second network device of a wireless communication network, and determining a waveform filtering protocol for application by the first device in association with performance of uplink data transmissions from the first device to the second network device. |
| US11252712B2 |
Method and apparatus for control resource set configuration for common control
A user equipment (UE) for receiving control information in a wireless communication system includes a transceiver configured to receive a synchronization signal/physical broadcasting channel (SS/PBCH) block of an index i from a BS, wherein SS/PBCH block comprises a PBCH carrying master information block (MIB). The UE includes a processor configured to for the SS/PBCH block of the index i, determine a slot index n0 as a sum of an offset value and [i*M]. The offset value is determined based on a first value O determined according to the index indicated in the MIB, wherein the index configures PDCCH monitoring occasions, and a second value μ indicated in the MIB, wherein the second value μ represents a subcarrier spacing configuration, wherein M is a positive number determined according to the index indicated in the MIB, and cause the transceiver to decode a PDCCH in the slot index n0. |
| US11252709B2 |
Channel partitioning for frequency-hopping narrowband IoT
According to some embodiments, a method for use in a frequency-hopping wireless transmitter for transmitting in unlicensed spectrum comprises: obtaining a configuration for a plurality of frequency channels in unlicensed spectrum; and transmitting a data transmission according to a frequency-hopping pattern across the plurality of frequency channels. The configuration for the plurality of frequency channels comprises a first subset of frequency channels for downlink transmission and a second subset of frequency channels for uplink transmission. The frequency channels in the first and second subsets are mutually exclusive. In some embodiments the first and second subset of frequency channels each comprise 160 frequency channels in the 2.4 GHz band, or 50 frequency channels in the 915 MHz band. |
| US11252704B2 |
Spatially multiplexing physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and sounding reference signal (SRS)
A design is provided for spatially multiplexing uplink channels. A user equipment (UE) detects that a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) and a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) are to be transmitted simultaneously. The UE decides to spatially multiplex the PUCCH and the SRS for simultaneous transmission via different sets of one or more antennas. The UE determines time and frequency resources for the PUCCH and the SRS to avoid collision of at least a portion of the PUCCH with the SRS. The UE transmits the spatially multiplexed PUCCH and SRS using the determined time and frequency resources. |
| US11252703B2 |
Techniques for configuring uplink control channel transmissions in a shared radio frequency spectrum band
Uplink control channel transmission in a shared radio frequency spectrum band may be transmitted using different uplink resources UCI based on a format of uplink control information (UCI) to be transmitted in the uplink control channel transmission. Different time resources, frequency resources, or combinations thereof, for the transmission of UCI by a UE may be provided by a base station and selected by the UE based on a UCI format. The resources to be used for UCI transmission may semi-statically configured, or dynamically indicated to a UE. Uplink transmissions may be configured in interlaces of frequency resources, with each interlace having one or more segments, and a base station may configure different segments for transmission of different format UCI. In some cases, different subframes, or different component carriers, may be configured for different formats of UCI. |
| US11252699B2 |
Method and device for resource allocation
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and device for allocating resource in a wireless communication system. The method comprises: determining a set of user equipment (UEs) requesting for resource allocation based on resource available in the wireless communication system and a resource use requirement; allocating the resource to the set of UEs according to the resource use requirement; and sending information about the allocated resource to each UE in the set of UEs. |
| US11252696B2 |
Method and device for performing sidelink communication in wireless communication system
Disclosed are a method and a device for performing sidelink communication in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method performed by a terminal may comprise the steps of: receiving information on a resource pool related to narrowband sidelink communication from a base station, wherein the information includes information on at least one of a resource pool index and/or an initial allocation timing of the resource pool; and performing the narrowband sidelink communication through at least one resource pool determined on the basis of the information and a specific hopping pattern on a frequency domain, wherein the specific hopping pattern is determined on the basis of a hopping pattern set for another narrowband-based communication of the terminal. |
| US11252694B2 |
Core paging handling
A base station receives, from an access and mobility management function (AMF), a first paging message for a wireless device. The first paging message comprises a parameter indicating whether the wireless device is allowed to access a non-closed access group (CAG) cell. The base station sends, via a cell, a second paging message based on the first paging message, wherein the sending is based on the parameter. |
| US11252693B2 |
Device and/or line event awareness and smart synchronization
Device and/or line event awareness and smart synchronization is described. In at least one example, a related device of a group of related devices may receive a communication notification representative of a communication event. Such communication notifications may enable event awareness for each of the devices in the group of related devices. In an example, the related device may compare data items (e.g., participants, timestamps, etc.) associated with the communication notification with data items associated with entries stored in a local data store. The entries may correspond to communication events associated with at least the related device. Based at least in part on comparing the data items, the related device may determine whether a new entry associated with the communication notification should be added to a local data store or the communication notification should be disregarded as a duplication. |
| US11252680B2 |
Power headroom control element, method of communicating power information from a user equipment, method for processing received power information as well as a corresponding user equipment and base station
The present invention relates to a power headroom control element for communicating power information from a user equipment (UE) to a base station (BS), a corresponding method, a method for processing received power information at a radio access network (RAN) as well as to a user equipment for communicating power information and a base station configured to process received power information, which particularly enable simple handling and processing of transmission power information, respectively. A power headroom control element is structured to comprise a power headroom field containing power headroom information and having a predetermined number of bits in the power headroom control element, and an indicator field associated with the power headroom field, wherein the indicator field serves to indicate whether a transmission power field with a predetermined number of bits is present in the power headroom control element. |
| US11252675B2 |
Method for transmitting sidelink signals through plurality of carriers in wireless communication system
Provided is a method for a terminal to transmit sidelink signals in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprising the steps of: determining transmission power of a sidelink packet in each of a plurality of carriers; and on the basis of the determined transmission power, transmitting the sidelink signals through one or more carriers of the plurality of the carriers, wherein the transmission power is determined on the basis of a priority of the sidelink packet scheduled for transmission on each of the plurality of carriers, a sum of the transmission power of the sidelink packet scheduled for transmission on each of the plurality of carriers, and maximum transmission power of the terminal. The UE is capable of communicating with at least one of another UE, a UE related to an autonomous driving vehicle, the BS or a network. |
| US11252671B2 |
Power control method and apparatus
A power control method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: A communications device receives a first power value and a second power value that are configured by a network side. The first power value is a maximum allowed transmit power value that is for a first cell group and that is configured by the network side for the communications device, and the second power value is a maximum allowed transmit power value that is for a second cell group and that is configured by the network side for the communications device. The communications device determines, based on the first power value and the second power value, a total guaranteed power value that is of the communications device and that applies to a case in which a resource in the first cell group overlaps a resource in the second cell group. |
| US11252668B2 |
Radio network node, user equipment and methods performed in a wireless communication network
Embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a user equipment, UE (10), for communicating in a wireless communication network.The UE (10) receives a wake-up signal with a multibit indication from a radio network node (12), wherein the multibit indication comprises a first bit indicating to start or not to start, for a first cell, an on-duration timer at one or more of the next occurrence of an on-duration, and a second bit indicating to apply dormancy or non-dormancy behavior on a second cell at the next occurrence of an on-duration for the second cell. The UE (10) further performs an action related to the wake-up signal taking the received multibit indication into account. |
| US11252666B2 |
Method for transmitting or receiving signal in wireless LAN system, and device therefor
A method by which an access point (AP) transmits a wake-up radio (WUR) signal in a wireless LAN (WLAN), according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: determining a synchronization signal providing time synchronization for a data signal in the WUR signal; and transmitting the WUR signal including the synchronization signal and the data signal, wherein the synchronization signal can be an on-off keying (OOK) signal having a length of 128 us and generated by mapping, to 2 us symbol, each bit of a binary sequence having a length of 64, when a data rate of the data signal is 62.5 kbps. |
| US11252664B2 |
Method and apparatus for entering a connected state with a network for continuing transmission in wireless communication system
A method and apparatus for continuing transmission while in leaving a connected state with a network in wireless communication system is provided. A wireless device leaves a connected state with the network. The wireless device performs transmission with a configured grant in a validity area, wherein the configured grant is received from the network and mapped to the validity area, while in leaving the connected state. The wireless device performs a random access to the network, after the wireless device leaves the validity area. |
| US11252656B2 |
Method and system for determining an optimal wireless channel for a Wi-Fi access point in a cloud-based software defined network using an application programming interface
A method and system for determining an optimal wireless channel for a Wi-Fi access point in a cloud-based software defined network (SDN) using an Application Programming Interface (API) is described. Initially, the API collects the measurement information and media access control (MAC) addresses from a plurality of nearby Wi-Fi access points to a client device. The measurement information is analyzed to determine a location of the client device using an Artificial Intelligence (AI) model. To determine the location of the client device, the API creates a plurality of clusters of Wi-Fi access points and updates the plurality of clusters with one or more newly identified Wi-Fi access points. Thereafter, the API calculates an optimal wireless channel for a Wi-Fi access point from the cluster using the AI model and enables the client device to automatically switch to the optimal wireless channel for connecting with the Wi-Fi access point. |
| US11252653B2 |
Method and system for network slice usage subscription
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a network slice usage subscription service is provided. The network slice usage subscription service may allow a network device to obtain network slice usage information and event notifications. The event notification may indicate when an end device is using a network slice and when the end device is no longer the network slice. The network device may include an application function (AF) device. The network device may use the event notification to perform an operation relating to the network slice and/or the end device. |
| US11252651B2 |
Network slice selection
Methods and systems are provided for selecting a network slice to which a User Equipment (UE) can connect in the telecommunications network. A Cache Inventory Repository (CIR) stores cache associations indicating content cached at each of a plurality of Cache Network Functions (Cache NFs) and the network slice in which each Cache NR is located. A Network Slice Selection Function (NSSF) transmits to the CIR a request for cache data indicating a particular content cached in one or more network slices. The CIR determines the requested cache data based on the stored cache associations and transmits the requested cache data to the NSSF. The NSSF selects a network slice to which the UE can connect, based at least in part on the received cache data identifying the one or more network slices. |
| US11252648B2 |
Packet flow optimization in a transport network
The application relates to a method for operating a flow control entity configured to control a data packet flow in a radio access network and a transport network of a communications network. It is determined that a transmission condition for the data packet flow through the communications network has changed, and determined through which radio access node the data packet flow is transmitted. A new anchor point for the data packet flow is determined in dependence on the radio access node, and a bearer control entity is informed about the new anchor point. |
| US11252646B1 |
Wireless data service delivery over wireless repeaters
A wireless communication network serves a wireless User Equipment (UE) with a wireless data service over wireless repeaters. A serving access node wirelessly receives UE signaling that indicates signal strengths for the wireless repeaters. The serving access node determines amounts of the wireless repeaters between the wireless UE and individual target access nodes. The serving access node selects a primary access node from the target access nodes based on the signal strengths and the wireless repeater amounts. The serving access node responsively transfers network signaling to the primary access node. The primary access node receives the network signaling and responsively serves the wireless UE with the wireless data service. The primary access node transfers additional network signaling to a secondary access node. The secondary access node receives the additional network signaling and responsively serves the wireless UE with the wireless data service. |
| US11252640B2 |
Method, apparatus, device and base station for implementing internet of things device bootstrapping
A method, an apparatus, a device, and a base station are provided for implementing IoT device bootstrapping. The method may include: receiving bootstrapping information of a first device sent by the first device; determining a second device to be connected with the first device; sending the bootstrapping information of the first device to the second device. The technology of the present disclosure can realize IoT device bootstrapping based on cellular IoT, and improve efficiency of establishing a fast connection of the IoT device supporting the cellular IoT. |
| US11252639B2 |
Method and device for transmitting system information
A method and a device for transmitting system information are provided. The method includes: a network device determines a resource for sending the system information, and the network device sends the system information on the resource for sending the system information. The device for transmitting system information includes a transceiver, used for receiving system information on a configured first resource. |
| US11252635B2 |
Method for processing uplink user data in relay node, and device for same
Provided are a data processing method and device based on integrated access and backhaul (IAB) using 5G NR wireless communication technology. A method of a relay node may be provided for processing uplink user data. The method may include: receiving uplink user data from a user equipment; deriving a user equipment bearer identifier (UE-bearer-ID) by using logical channel identification information linked to an RLC PDU of uplink user data; selecting a backhaul RLC channel for transmission of uplink user data on the basis of at least one among a user equipment bearer identifier and donor base station address information; and transmitting uplink user data, via the selected backhaul RLC channel, to a donor base station or another relay node. |
| US11252633B2 |
Online systems and methods for advancing information organization sharing and collective action
Methods and systems and mobile device interfaces for creating, joining, organizing and managing via mobile devices affinity groups in a cloud computing environment for social and business purposes. |
| US11252628B2 |
Device and method for handling new radio capabilities
A method for handling NR capabilities comprises the first BS transmitting at least one E-UTRA capability and at least one first NR capability of a communication device to the second BS; the second BS generating a RRC Connection Reconfiguration message according to the at least one E-UTRA capability and the at least one first NR capability, wherein the RRC Connection Reconfiguration message comprises at least one E-UTRA configuration and a NR configuration; the second BS transmitting the RRC Connection Reconfiguration message to the first BS; the first BS generating a first NR-access RRC message comprising the RRC Connection Reconfiguration message; the first BS transmitting the first NR-access RRC message to the communication device; and the second BS receiving a RRC Connection Reconfiguration Complete message from the communication device. |
| US11252619B2 |
Handover random access
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. Random access procedures may include various types of procedures, such as 4-step or 2-step random access procedures. One or more indicators may be included in one or more messages for a handover to indicate a type of a random access procedure. |
| US11252618B2 |
Radio terminal and base station capable of handover without performing RACH handover
User equipment, apparatus and method perform dual connectivity with a first base station acting as a master base station and a second base station acting as a secondary base station, transmit to the master base station capability information indicating that the user equipment supports a function of skipping a random access procedure, and receive from the master base station, a message instructing to change the secondary base station from the second base station to a third base station. The message includes information indicating that random access procedure for the third base station is skipped and an including an uplink grant indicating radio resources allocated by the third base station and a timing advance (TA) value to be applied to an uplink transmission to the third base station. The user equipment transmits the uplink transmission to the third base station by using the uplink radio resources indicated by the uplink grant. |
| US11252615B2 |
Handover method that is based on DC and device
This application provides a handover method that is based on DC, including: sending, by a source base station, a handover request to a target base station, where the handover request carries a target base station user equipment (UE) aggregate maximum bit rate (UE-AMBR) and/or network slice information of UE; and receiving, by the source base station, a handover request feedback sent by the target base station. A UE capability is coordinated between the source base station and the target base station, so that it is ensured that a technical effect of the UE capability is not exceeded during a DC-based handover. The coordination of the UE capability may be implemented by the source base station, or may be implemented by the target base station. |
| US11252614B2 |
Coordinated access point transmissions
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for adjusting a packet duration for triggered uplink (UL) transmissions to an access point (AP) from one or more stations (STAs). In one aspect, the AP may estimate an amount of data that a STA has queued for UL transmission and select the packet duration based on the estimated amount of queued UL data. The AP may transmit a trigger frame that solicits UL data from the STA and indicates the selected packet duration. In response, the AP may receive an UL packet from the STA and determine an amount of UL data queued in the STA based on the UL packet. In some implementations, the AP may selectively adjust the packet duration for UL transmissions based on the UL packet, the determined amount of UL data queued in the STA, or both. |
| US11252604B2 |
Data transmission method, apparatus, and system
A data transmission, by a terminal device, is described that improves data transmission efficiency while ensuring a transmission latency. The data transmission method includes sending a first transport block to a radio access device for X times by using a shared resource that is configured by the radio access device for at least one terminal, where the terminal is one of the at least one terminal, and X>0. The method further includes determining a dedicated resource allocated by the radio access device to the terminal, and sending the first transport block to the radio access device for Y times by using a target resource. The target resource includes the dedicated resource, and Y≥0. |
| US11252601B2 |
Resource allocation method and device
Example resource allocation methods and apparatus are described to resolve a problem of resource congestion and collision occurring in a communications system when virtual resource blocks (VRBs) scheduled for different terminal devices are mapped to physical resource blocks (PRBs). In one example method, system bandwidth of the communications system is divided into a plurality of fixed interleaving regions. Therefore, a network device can indicate a type of a virtual resource unit in a form of a frequency domain range occupied by one interleaving region. Using the foregoing solution can enable the network device to set the type of the virtual resource unit more conveniently. |
| US11252597B2 |
Prioritizing packets in wireless communications
Aspects of the present disclosure describe transmitting data in wireless communications. A set of packets for transmission in a defined sequence can be received where the set of packets includes two or more packets. It can be detected that a packet, of the set of packets, is a prioritized packet type. The packet can be prioritized for transmission ahead of its order in the defined sequence based on the detection of the prioritized packet type. The packet can be transmitted ahead of its order in the defined sequence to an access point. |
| US11252594B2 |
Adjustment method, terminal, and network device
An adjustment method includes receiving, by a terminal, a redistribution command sent by a network device, where the redistribution command is used to adjust a frequency priority or a cell priority of a terminal in a cell; and ignoring, by the terminal, the redistribution command based on a status of the terminal. Network signaling overheads can be reduced in a process in which a network side instructs to perform redistribution. |
| US11252592B2 |
Wireless communication method, terminal device and transmitting node
Provided in embodiments of the present application are a wireless communication method, a terminal device, and a transmitting node, which can implement measurement and feedback of reference signals supporting multiple downlink channel transmissions. The method comprises: the terminal device determines a mode for reporting a measurement result of a plurality of reference signals; and the terminal device reports report information including a rank indication corresponding to each of the plurality of reference signals according to the determined mode and the measurement result. The reporting mode determined by the terminal device is a first mode or a second mode. In the first mode, the maximum value of the rank indication in the report information corresponding to each reference signal does not exceed a first predetermined value, and in the second mode, the maximum value of the sum of rank indication values in the report information corresponding to the plurality of reference signals does not exceed a second predetermined value. |
| US11252590B2 |
License based traffic management in hybrid networks
Systems and methods for managing traffic in a hybrid environment include monitoring traffic load of a local network to determine whether the traffic load exceeds or is likely to exceed a maximum traffic load, where the maximum traffic load is a traffic load for which a service can be provided by the local network, based on a license. An excess traffic load is determined if the traffic load exceeds or is likely to exceed the maximum traffic load. One or more external networks which have a capacity to provide the service to the excess traffic load are determined, to which the excess traffic load is migrated. The local network includes one or more service instances for providing the service for up to the maximum traffic load, and the service to the excess traffic load is provided by one or more additional service instances in the one or more external networks. |
| US11252588B2 |
Measurement triggering method based on state of UE, UE and network side device
A measurement triggering method based on state(s) of UE, a UE and a network side device are provided. The method performed by the UE includes: determining a first measurement parameter; determining whether a measurement triggering condition is met; and performing measurement on at least one of a neighboring cell of the UE or a serving cell of the UE based on the first measurement parameter, in a case that the measurement triggering condition is met. The determining the first measurement parameter includes: determining the first measurement parameter corresponding to a state parameter of the UE based on a correspondence between state parameters and first measurement parameters; or determining the first measurement parameter based on state change information of the UE or based on an event determined by the UE. |
| US11252586B2 |
System and method for periodic beam failure measurements
A method for measuring beams includes determining a measurement period duration in accordance with periods of one or more periodic beam failure detection (BFD) reference signals (RSs) of a BFD RS set, wherein the BFD RSs of the one or more BFD RSs of the BFD RS set have a quasi-co-located (QCL) relationship with demodulation RSs (DMRSs) of PDCCH receptions monitored by a user equipment (UE), monitoring a subset of the one or more BFD RSs having the QCL relationship with the DMRSs of PDCCH receptions monitored by the UE that occur during a measurement period, and determining that measures of all BFD RSs in the subset of the one or more BFD RSs do not meet a specified threshold, and based thereon, reporting a beam failure (BF) instance. |
| US11252585B2 |
Access network node, radio communication system, communication method and program
An access network node is provided with: a link switching part configured to be capable of exchanging data by switching between an active link and a standby link established with an adjacent node; a data identification part configured to identify type of data to be exchanged with an accommodated terminal; and a controller configured to select, from between the active link and the standby link, a link to be used in exchanging data with the accommodated terminal, based on the data type. |
| US11252583B2 |
Communication method, related device, and system
This specification discloses a communication method, and a system. The method includes: receiving, by a first control network element, analysis information of a network data analytics network element NWDA, and generating a policy based on the analysis information; sending, by the first control network element, the policy to a second control network element, where execution of the policy is controlled by the second control network element; receiving, by the first control network element, an execution result of the policy that is sent by the second control network element, and determining, based on the execution result, whether the analysis information is invalid; and sending, by the first control network element, an invalidity notification message to the NWDA when the first control network element determines that the analysis information is invalid, where the invalidity notification message is used to instruct the NWDA to generate new analysis information. |
| US11252582B2 |
Method for determining start time of a physical downlink control channel
A method is provided for a UE to determine the start time of the downlink control channel for M2M communication in LTE systems. The method comprises a UE receiving a parameter set to determine the start time of the (E)PDCCH from the eNB; calculating the start time based on the received parameter set from the eNB; combining/decoding the repetitive (E)PDCCHs; and sending the feedback information to confirm/reject the reception of the (E)PDCCH. |
| US11252575B2 |
Inter-RAT configuration coordination
An apparatus and method comprising: determining by a first network node of a user equipment that a user equipment is to be dual connected to the first network node and a second network node; identify at least one radio configuration supported by the first network node from communication capability information of the user equipment; sending information to the second network node, the information comprising the capability information and the at least one radio configuration supported by the first network node; and in response to the sending, receiving from the second network node an indication of a chosen at least one radio configuration of the at least one supported radio configuration for use in the dual connection. |
| US11252574B2 |
Automated frequency coordination for shared spectrum wireless systems
Improved techniques are provided for managing frequency channels in a shared spectrum available to a radio local access network device (RLAN) in a wireless network. A shared spectrum system may perform operations including retrieving a plurality of parameters for one or more high-priority users in the wireless network; computing, based on the retrieved parameters, a plurality of interference-to-noise power ratio (I/N) contour values; storing the plurality of I/N contour values in a database; receiving, from the RLAN in the wireless network, a request for channel availability, wherein the received request includes at least a first value; extracting, based on the first value in the request for channel availability, I/N contour values from the database exceeding a threshold value; determining, based on the extracted I/N contour values, available frequency information corresponding to the received request for channel availability; and transmitting a channel availability response comprising the available frequency information. |
| US11252573B1 |
System and method for rapid check-in and inheriting trust using a mobile device
A system and method for rapid check-in and inheriting trust using a user entity device. The system and method described herein allows an identity to be continuously proven because of user entity's behavior and their biometrics. With all the fraud and risk that exists today, if someone has a user entity's driver's license they can do a lot of harm. By tying a user entity's identity to their user entity device (e.g., a mobile smartphone), then when a user entity checks into a location (e.g., airport, hotel, bank), an identity provider continues a process of continuous authentication while the user entity device travels about a location and interacts with the services offered by the location. |
| US11252570B2 |
Computer system and method for software authentication and single application enforcement
A computer-implemented method only enables a software application to launch on a first device if a unique identifier of the first device is determined to be valid by a second device, and if a unique identifier stored in the software application matches a unique identifier of the software application stored on the first device. |
| US11252567B2 |
Methods and apparatus for detecting attacks in V2X networks
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to detect attacks in V2X networks. An example apparatus includes a challenge handler to (a) transmit a first challenge packet to a first vehicle to request a transmission of a first response, (b) instruct a second challenge packet to be transmitted to a second vehicle to request a transmission of a second response, (c) increment a first counter when the first response is not obtained, (d) increment a second counter when the second response is not obtained, and (e) after repeating (a)-(d), determine that the first and second vehicles are phantom vehicles associated with an attacker with a half-duplex radio when at least one of the first or second counters satisfy a threshold, and a network interface to instruct a third vehicle associated with the V2X network to ignore future messages from the phantom vehicles based on the determination. |
| US11252563B2 |
Management of hosted channel membership in a communication platform
Management of hosted channel membership of a communication platform is described. A request can be received from a first client of a first user, associated with a first organization, of the group-based communication platform, wherein the request is to associate a second user, associated with a second organization, with a communication channel of the first organization. An invitation to join the communication channel can be sent to a second client of the second user. In response to receiving an indication of an acceptance of the invitation, the second user can be associated with the communication channel. A request can be received from the second client to associate other user(s) associated with the second organization with the communication channel and the other user(s) can be associated with the communication channel based at least in part on permission(s) associated with the communication channel. |
| US11252562B2 |
Method for securing a command to be applied to a motor vehicle
The invention relates to a method for securing a command to be applied to a motor vehicle, characterized in that said method comprises: a first step of generating first data, via a vehicle electronic control unit; a second step of sending said first data to a mobile terminal comprising a screen, via the electronic control unit; a third step of displaying the first data on the screen of the mobile terminal; a fourth step in which a human user processes the first data in order to obtain second data; a fifth step of sending the second data to the electronic control unit via the mobile terminal; a sixth step of comparing said second data to a key of the first data, via the electronic control unit; if the second data is validated by the key of the first data, a seventh step of activating the motor vehicle via the electronic control unit, in order to implement at least part of the control. |
| US11252561B2 |
Refreshing a security context for a mobile device
A Radio Access Network (RAN) node instructs a wireless device having a connection to the RAN node to transition from a connected Radio Resource Control (RRC) state to an inactive RRC state in which key information supporting the connection, and a further connection to a Core Network (CN) node serving the wireless device, are maintained. Responsive to the wireless device returning to the connected RRC state, the RAN node requests new key material from the CN node, and replaces the key material supporting the connection with the new key material received from the CN node. |
| US11252559B2 |
MSISDN sharing between UES and PBX devices
A telecommunication network provides telecommunication service to a user equipment (UE) and a communication device that is connected to the telecommunication network via a private branch exchange. Both the UE and the communication device utilizing a Mobile Station International Subscriber Directory Number (MSISDN) for the telecommunication service, and the telecommunication network stores a profile associating both the UE and the communication device with the MSISDN. Additionally, the telecommunication network enables communication between the communication device and a communication partner device and notifies the UE of the communication. |
| US11252553B2 |
Method and device for establishing connection using Bluetooth low energy
Disclosed herein is a method for allowing a first device to be connected to a second device in a wireless communication system. The method includes performing a procedure for setting an advertising packet for providing a transport discovery service (TDS) and transmitting the set advertising packet to the second device, wherein the advertising packet comprises at least one advertising (AD) structure field, and one of the at least one AD structure field comprises a first length field, an AD type field indicating a type of data for providing the TDS, and an AD data field comprising TDS data for providing the TDS. |
| US11252551B2 |
Systems and methods for emergency preparedness
A mobile response unit for disaster relief, the system including a router configured to connect to one or more wireless network connections, a transmitter configured to connect one or more user devices to the one or more network connections, and a processing circuit including a processor and memory, the memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processing circuit to retrieve and store one or more medical records from an external computing system, and wherein the router combines the one or more wireless network connections to form a high-bandwidth bonded failover connection. |
| US11252550B1 |
Frequency-division-coordinated automatic power control for near-field communication
Techniques are described for frequency-division-coordination of automatic power control (APC) in a transceiver of a near-field reader. Such frequency-division-coordinated APC (FDC-APC) can enable continuous APC updates concurrent with communication frames to achieve field strength specifications without conventional degradations in communication reliability. For example, a transceiver implements a FDC-APC loop that received a detuning signal from signals received and/or transmitted over a near-field communication link, generates an error signal by comparing the detuning signal with a reference detuning level, and updates a power control signal according to an update frequency (e.g., corresponding to a APC loop bandwidth) that is a function of at least a filter frequency profile and is out-of-band with respect to a modulation frequency band. Modulated signals can be transmitted over the near-field communication link according to variable power settings controlled to the power control signal. |
| US11252549B2 |
Communication device configured to switch wireless networks based on information received from a terminal device and to establish a wireless connection with the terminal device and non-transitory computer-readable medium for a terminal device establishing a wireless connection with a communication device
A communication device may, in response to a wireless link via a first wireless interface being established with a terminal device while the communication device is a first parent station state, receive predetermined information from the terminal device via a second wireless interface, if the predetermined information is received, shift the communication device from the first parent station state to a second parent station state, wherein the communication device is maintained in the first parent station state if the predetermined information is not received even if the wireless link via the first wireless interface has been established with the terminal device and after the communication device has been shifted to the second parent station state, establish a first wireless connection via the second wireless interface with the terminal device so as to cause the terminal device to participate in the second wireless network as a child station. |
| US11252548B2 |
Wireless guest engagement system
A guest engagement system and associated methods provide seamless engagement with guests of facilities through the use of wireless sensing technologies. The system makes use of individual guest devices which are carried by guests and used to automatically identify and authenticate the guests throughout the facility. Services can thereby be seamlessly provided to the guests throughout the facility. The services include automatic unlocking of doors, including hotel or state room doors, based on the guests' immediate proximity to their assigned room's door. The services also include automated payment services provided at checkout or vending terminals, and automated log-on to interactive displays and portals, among others, based on secure wireless authentication of the guest devices. |
| US11252545B2 |
Apparatus and method for using connected vehicles as an advertisement platform
By way of example, various methods for reproducing advertisements using a plurality of advertisement vehicles as well as controlling the plurality of advertisement vehicles are provided. In one example, a method for controlling a plurality of advertisement vehicles is provided as follows. Initially, information on the plurality of advertisement vehicles that are going to carry out a specific event is verified. Information on the specific event is sent to the plurality of advertisement vehicles and real-time traffic and/or people density information in an area in which the specific event is to be carried out is collected. A starting location of the specific event may also be determined based on at least one of: the real-time traffic density information or real-time location information of the plurality of advertisement vehicles. Then, driving route guidance with an initial destination set to the starting location of the specific event is sent to the plurality of advertisement vehicles such that the plurality of advertisement vehicles convenes at the starting location of the specific event. |
| US11252537B2 |
Method, apparatus, and computer program product for organizational telemetry discovery within a group based communication system
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for discovery of organizational telemetry within a group-based communication system and rendering representations thereof. |
| US11252531B2 |
Methods, systems, and apparatus for a geo-fence system
Methods, systems, and apparatus for defining, generating, utilizing, and/or detecting a geo-fence are described. A trigger is obtained, the trigger generated in response to a change in a geo-fence criteria. One or more boundaries of the geo-fence based on the geo-fence criteria are defined in response to obtaining the trigger. |
| US11252526B2 |
Acoustic device and head-related transfer function selecting method
An acoustic device includes binaural speakers, a storing portion for storing a plurality of head-related transfer functions, and a signal processing portion for processing a sound signal with a head-related transfer function. Two or more function candidates are selected from the plurality of head-related transfer functions. Prescribed test sounds are emitted from the speaker. A function candidate to apply to the user is selected based on a discrepancy between a user-perceived location direction and the sound generation location direction for each function candidate. |
| US11252519B2 |
Hearing device with embedded integrated circuit chips
A hearing device includes: a multi-chip assembly including a plurality of integrated circuit chips, the plurality of integrated circuit chips including one or a combination of a wireless communication chip, a power management chip, and a signal processing chip; wherein the multi-chip assembly comprises: a first layer having a surface, a spacer layer being configured to accommodate one or more of the plurality of integrated circuit chips as one or more embedded chips, and a ground layer below the first layer and the spacer layer, and a first shielding layer between the spacer layer and the first layer. |
| US11252514B2 |
Coupling apparatuses for transcutaneous bone conduction devices
Presented herein are non-surgical or superficial coupling apparatuses for transcutaneous bone conduction devices. A coupling apparatus comprises a drive plate configured to be detachably connected to a transcutaneous bone conduction device. The drive plate is also connected to an earhook (ear hook) configured to fit over/around a recipient's pinna (auricle) to at least partially support the drive plate. An adhesive member may also be provided to secure the drive plate to the recipient's skin. |
| US11252513B2 |
Packaging for a MEMS transducer
The application relates to a MEMS transducer package comprising: a package substrate the package substrate comprising a substrate channel, the substrate channel comprising first and second channel portions, wherein the first portion extends in a first direction between a first channel opening in a side surface of the substrate and a junction between the first and second channel portions, and wherein the second portion extends in a second direction between said junction and a second channel opening at, or underlying, a substrate opening provided in an upper surface of the package substrate. |
| US11252510B2 |
Piezoelectric speaker-forming laminate
A piezoelectric speaker-forming laminate (10) includes: a piezoelectric film (35); a pressure-sensitive adhesive face (17); an interposed layer (40) being a porous body layer and/or a resin layer disposed between the piezoelectric film (35) and the pressure-sensitive adhesive face (17); and a release layer (20) joined to the pressure-sensitive adhesive face (17). The pressure-sensitive adhesive face (17) is disposed in such a manner that at least a portion of the piezoelectric film (35) overlaps the pressure-sensitive adhesive face (17) when the piezoelectric film (35) is viewed in plan. The piezoelectric film (35) and the interposed layer (40) are allowed to be fixed to a support (80) as a piezoelectric speaker or a portion of a piezoelectric speaker by sticking the pressure-sensitive adhesive face (17) from which the release layer (20) has been removed to the support (80). |
| US11252506B2 |
Howling suppression apparatus, and method and program for the same
A howling suppression apparatus includes: an integration processing part that obtains the maximum value among L values corresponding to n-th frames of L i-th signals, for i=1, 2, . . . , L, L being any integer equal to or greater than 2, the L i-th signals being frequency-domain signals obtained from sound signals collected by multiple microphones; and a howling suppression processing part that performs howling suppression processing on at least any of the L i-th signals using the maximum value. |
| US11252499B2 |
Optical physiological monitoring devices
A monitoring device includes a band capable of at least partially encircling a portion of a body of a subject. An optical source and an optical detector are supported by the band. A first light guide is in optical communication with the optical source and a second light guide is in optical communication with the optical detector. A distal end of the first light guide is configured to deliver light from the optical source into the body, and a distal end of the second light guide is configured to collect light from the body and deliver collected light to the optical detector. The first and second light guides define respective first and second axial directions that diverge outwardly from the band such that light rays directed into the body via the first light guide cannot overlap with light rays collected by the second light guide. |
| US11252498B2 |
Optical physiological monitoring devices
An ear worn device includes an optical source, an optical detector, and a housing supporting the optical source and optical detector. The housing is configured to be positioned within an ear of a subject and includes a first light guide in optical communication with the optical source and a second light guide in optical communication with the optical detector. A distal end of the first light guide is configured to deliver light from the optical source into the ear, and a distal end of the second light guide is configured to collect light from the ear and deliver collected light to the optical detector. The first and second light guides define respective first and second axial directions that are outwardly diverging such that light rays directed into the ear via the first light guide cannot overlap with light rays collected by the second light guide. |
| US11252497B2 |
Headphones providing fully natural interfaces
Headphone providing fully natural interface are described. According to one aspect of such headphones, the headphones comprises a microphone configured for capturing an ambient sound, a speaker configured for playing audio signals, a command interface configured for receiving one or more external control commands, and a control unit having an ambient sound monitoring function. The control unit captures the ambient sound through the microphone, and automatically causes the headphones to enter an interactive mode when a preset interested sound is detected to appear in the ambient sound. The control unit controls the headphones to output an interactive reminder in the interactive mode, and the interactive reminder comprises one or more of visual reminders, a tactile reminder and an auditory reminder. Thus, interaction between the user and the ambience can be realized in a fully natural interface manner according to user preferences. |
| US11252490B2 |
Appliance suite equipped with a synced sound system
A system and a method for generated synchronized audible communications are provided. In one aspect, a system includes a suite of appliances, including at least a first and second appliance. Each appliance has a speaker operable to generate one or more audible communications. The system includes one or more controllers that output one or more sound commands that cause the speakers of the appliances to generate their respective audible communications. One or more of the appliances include a proximity device operable to detect whether a user is within a proximity range thereof. In some instances, the speakers can generate audible communications to amplify their audible communications. In other instances, the speakers can generate audible communications to create localization cues for directing a user's attention to a particular appliance. |
| US11252489B2 |
Loudspeaker module
Disclosed is a loudspeaker module, comprising a module housing formed with an accommodation cavity, and a loudspeaker unit accommodated in the accommodation cavity, wherein the loudspeaker unit comprises a magnetic conductive yoke; a through hole which corresponds to the magnetic conductive yoke and penetrates through inner and outer surfaces of the module housing is provided, near the magnetic conductive yoke, on the module housing, and the magnetic conductive yoke extends into the through hole; and an assembly gap is provided between the magnetic conductive yoke and a hole wall of the through hole. The loudspeaker module further comprises a sealing member, wherein a part of the sealing member is adhered to the outer surface of the housing, and the other part is adhered to a bottom surface of the magnetic conductive yoke so as to seal the assembly gap. |
| US11252488B2 |
Incrementally scalable, two-tier system of robotic, fiber optic interconnect units enabling any-to-any connectivity
Systems and methods to incrementally scale robotic software-defined cross-connects from 100 to more than 100,000 ports are disclosed. A system is comprised of individual cross-connect units that individually scale in increments of say, 96 interconnects in tier 1 to, for example, 1,008 interconnects total. A system comprised of multiple cross-connect units arranged and interconnected in a two-tier approach is disclosed, one which achieves fully non-blocking, any-to-any connectivity with the flexibility to grow incrementally. Methods to build out this system over time, in an incremental and non-service interrupting fashion, are described. |
| US11252486B2 |
Wireless monitoring and profiling of reactor conditions using arrays of sensor-enabled RFID tags placed at known reactor heights
Disclosed is a system and method for wirelessly monitoring process conditions within a reactor vessel. An array of sensor-enabled radio frequency identification (RFID) tags is placed at known heights within a catalyst bed of a vessel and are used to measure 10 various conditions within the vessel. The sensor-enabled RFID tags are encoded with individual identification codes and are wirelessly linked to multiple transceivers. The use of multiple transceivers allows for the application of triangulation methods to identify the location of each of the sensor-enabled RFID tags in three-dimensional space and for the interrogation of each sensor-enabled RFID tag to receive responsive transponder signals that carry information representative of the sensed condition within the reactor. |
| US11252480B2 |
Systems and methods for automatically detecting users within detection regions of media devices
Systems and methods are presented for detecting users within a range of a media device. A detection region may be defined that is within the range of the media device and smaller than the range. The detection region may be stored. It may be determined whether a user is within the detection region. The media device may be activated and settings associated with the user may be applied when a user is within the detection region. In some embodiments, settings associated with a user may be compared to provided media content when the user is within the detection region. The content may change when the settings conflict with the media content. Reminders may be provided to or directed to a plurality of users within the range of the media device. |
| US11252479B2 |
Methods, systems, and media for recommending media content based on attribute grouped viewing sessions
In some embodiments, a method for recommending content comprises: receiving an authorization to access a media content consumption history, wherein the media content consumption history includes a plurality of viewing sessions that each include media content items that have been consumed during that viewing session and wherein each of the plurality of viewing sessions is associated with session attribute information; generating a plurality of session group profiles by grouping a subset of viewing sessions from the plurality of viewing sessions based on the session attribute information; determining that a user device is consuming a media content item in a current viewing session; in response to determining that the current viewing session matches a session group profile from the plurality of session group profiles, and causing a recommended media content item to be presented on the user device. |
| US11252478B2 |
Distribution device, distribution method, reception device, reception method, program, and content distribution system
The present technology relates to a distribution device, a distribution method, a reception device, a reception method, a program, and a content distribution system that enable signaling of an ROI identifier of a video distributed by at least one of broadcast distribution or net distribution.A distribution device according to a first aspect of the present technology includes a segment filing unit configured to make a video stream of each of areas obtained by imaging an imaging range divided into a plurality of the areas into a segment file, a distribution unit configured to supply the segment file of the video stream of each of the areas to a reception side by at least one of net distribution or broadcast distribution, and a notification unit configured to notify, in a case where an ROI including one or more of the areas is set to the imaging range, the reception side of an ROI identifier for identifying the belonging ROI as attribute information related to the segment file corresponding to the area included in the ROI. The present technology can be applied to streaming distribution using DASH. |
| US11252475B2 |
System and method for managing streaming services
A gateway for location at a user premises is provided. Bother users and user devices are registered with the gateway which is provided by a service provider. Users access services, such as video streaming, on their user devices via the gateway. The gateway allows users to share content. The gateway collects information about the user's patterns of behaviour for the system provider, and can be used to directly obtain feedback from the users. |
| US11252474B2 |
System and method for managing streaming services
A gateway for location at a user premises is provided. Bother users and user devices are registered with the gateway which is provided by a service provider. Users access services, such as video streaming, on their user devices via the gateway. The gateway allows users to share content. The gateway collects information about the user's patterns of behaviour for the system provider, and can be used to directly obtain feedback from the user. |
| US11252467B1 |
Systems and methods for dynamically navigating content
Methods and systems for dynamically navigating content are provided. An input to perform content navigation may be detected; in response, several selectable navigation settings are displayed, each navigation setting being associated with a navigation interval. An input indicating a selection of a navigation setting may be received and an input about a navigation amount may be received. Based on the navigation amount, navigation within the navigation interval is performed. |
| US11252460B2 |
Signature matching with meter data aggregation for media identification
Example apparatus disclosed herein to implement signature matching with meter data aggregation for use in media identification applications include a match job aggregator to aggregate batches of meter data from a meter to form aggregated meter data associated with the meter, and a hash matcher to identify a valid hash key match between meter hash keys generated from meter signatures in the aggregated meter data and reference hash keys corresponding to a collection of media assets. Disclosed example apparatus also include a signature matcher to align, based on the valid hash key match, a sequence of reference signatures corresponding to a first media asset associated with the valid hash key match and a corresponding sequence of the meter signatures, and compare the sequence of reference signatures and the corresponding sequence of meter signatures to identify media represented by at least a portion of the sequence of the meter signatures. |
| US11252453B2 |
Fragment server directed device fragment caching
The media stream delivery system encodes and fragments media streams into numerous media stream fragments maintained on fragment servers. Devices obtain fragments to reconstruct media streams including live real-time media streams for playback on the devices. A device may perform caching of media stream fragments so that particular fragments need not be accessed again from a fragment server. A fragment server or even a content provider can analyze and monitor characteristics of media streams, viewing behavior, content popularity, etc., to identify fragments for caching at the playback devices. Caching indicators along with time period indicators may be included in the media stream fragments. |
| US11252452B2 |
Video encryption method and apparatus, image capture device and readable storage medium
The present disclosure discloses a video encryption method comprising: acquiring image frames continuously by using an image acquisition component, and storing the image frames into a frame buffer; acquiring a time encryption sequence, and using the time encryption sequence to obtain an address encryption sequence; and reading each of the image frames in the frame buffer according to the address encryption sequence to obtain an encrypted video when the frame buffer is full. The method continuously acquires the image frames and uses the time encryption sequence to obtain the address encryption sequence, and when the frame buffer is full, each of the image frames in the frame buffer is read according to the address encryption sequence to obtain an encrypted video. In addition, the present disclosure also provides a video encryption apparatus, an image capture device, and a computer readable storage medium, which also have the above-mentioned beneficial effects. |
| US11252449B2 |
Delivering content based on semantic video analysis
Various embodiments describe methods, systems, and devices for delivering secondary video content are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may perform, at a processor of a computing device, an active video semantic analysis on a segment of a first video content presented on a viewing device. The active video semantic analysis may identify an active video first visible element visible within the segment. Also, a secondary video content, that is not directly related to the first video content, may be matched based on a prior semantic analysis on the secondary video content that identified a secondary-video first visible element therein that is associated with the active video first visible element from the segment. In addition, the secondary video content may be presented on the viewing device immediately after the segment. |
| US11252448B2 |
Control based stream interruptions
Systems and methods are configured to provide alternate content during video streaming. Content made up of a plurality of blocks is streamed over a first video stream to a user computing device via a first URI. While streaming, a determination is made that alternate content is available. In response, a signaling mechanism is provided indicating such and a request for the alternate content is received. As a result, a particular block that is currently being provided over the first video stream is suspended and the alternate content is streamed to the user computing entity over a second video stream. Depending on the embodiment, the second video stream may be accessed by re-activating the first URI or by activating a second URI. Upon completion of the alternate content, the particular block that was suspended can be resumed to facilitate continued streaming of the content over the first or second video stream. |
| US11252446B2 |
Employing automatic content recognition to allow resumption of watching interrupted media program from television broadcast
The disclosure provides a method for employing automatic content recognition to allow resumption of watching interrupted media program from television broadcast. The method includes detecting a viewing cessation of a media program on a channel of a media device. A television broadcaster provides media content including the channel. The channel includes the media program. The method also includes, in response to detecting the viewing cessation of the media program, identifying the channel, the media program, the television broadcaster, and a location of the viewing cessation within the media program. The method further includes detecting a viewing recommencement of the channel of the media device. In response to detecting the viewing recommencement, the method includes overlaying a selectable indicator on the channel. The selectable indicator is configured to receive a selection input to resume viewing of the media program starting at the location of the viewing cessation of the media program. |
| US11252443B2 |
Method and apparatus for video coding
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video encoding/decoding. In some examples, an apparatus for video decoding includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry receives coded information of a current coding tree unit (CTU) from a coded video bitstream. Then, the processing circuitry determines a context model for a split flag associated with a current block within the current CTU at least partially based on split information of a corresponding block in a reference CTU for the current CTU. The split flag associated with the current block is indicative of split information of the current block. Then, the processing circuitry determines the split flag based on the context model, and decodes the current block based on the split flag that is determined based on the context model. |
| US11252439B2 |
Flexible tree partition and representation for point cloud coding
A method of decoding encoded information of a point cloud may be performed by at least one processor and comprises: obtaining an encoded bitstream, the encoded bitstream including encoded information of a point cloud including a set of points in a three-dimensional space; and determining a type of partitioning used to encode the information of the point cloud by at least one of parsing signals of at least three binary syntaxes or inferring at least one syntax of the at least three binary syntaxes. |
| US11252436B2 |
Video picture inter prediction method and apparatus, and codec
A video picture inter prediction method includes determining an inter prediction mode used to perform inter prediction on a current picture block, where the inter prediction mode is one mode in a candidate inter prediction mode set, and the candidate inter prediction mode set includes a plurality of inter prediction modes used for a non-directional motion field or a plurality of inter prediction modes used for a directional motion field, and performing inter prediction on the current picture block based on the determined inter prediction mode. |
| US11252435B2 |
Method and apparatus for parametric, model-based, geometric frame partitioning for video coding
There are provided methods and apparatus for adaptive geometric partitioning for video encoding and decoding. An apparatus includes an encoder for encoding image data corresponding to pictures by adaptively partitioning at least portions of the pictures responsive to at least one parametric model. The at least one parametric model involves at least one of implicit and explicit formulation of at least one curve. |
| US11252428B2 |
Method and device for encoding and decoding parameter sets at slice level
Provided is a method for encoding parameter sets at slice level. The method includes: when there are one or more parameter sets, in which the coding tool parameters are identical to the coding tool parameters of a part of coding tools used for the current slice, in the existing parameter sets, encoding the identifiers of parameter sets into bit-stream of the current slice, wherein a parameter set contains common information of the coding tools used in the process of encoding/decoding slice(s). Correspondingly, also provided is a method for decoding parameter sets at slice level and a device for encoding and decoding parameter sets at slice level, which can make full use of the encoded parameter set information when the slice header refers to a plurality of parameter sets, implement flexible configuration of the coding tools used in the process of encoding/decoding slice(s) and reduce information redundancy. |
| US11252427B2 |
Method for decoding image and apparatus using same
A method or coding image information, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: binarizing according to different techniques, index values of forward prediction, backward prediction, and bidirectional prediction, depending on whether the bidirectional prediction is applied when inter-predicting a current block; and entropy coding a binarized codeword, wherein whether to apply the bidirectional prediction when inter-predicting the current block can be determined on the basis of the size of the current block. As a result, provided are a method for binarizing an inter-prediction direction of a prediction unit having a specific size, and an apparatus using same. |
| US11252425B2 |
Method and apparatus for video coding
An apparatus includes processing circuitry for video decoding. The processing circuitry locates luma units of a luma coding unit that are co-located with chroma units of a chroma coding unit, and then determines a popularity of an intra block copy mode in the luma units. Further, the processing circuitry determines a block vector for a chroma unit in the chroma coding unit when the popularity meets a requirement, and reconstructs at least one sample of the chroma unit according to the block vector. |
| US11252423B2 |
Method and apparatus for coding video having temporal scalability, and method and apparatus for decoding video having temporal scalability
Provided are a video encoding method and apparatus having temporal scalability, and a video decoding method and apparatus having temporal scalability. The video encoding method includes: splitting pictures included in a picture sequence into temporal sub-layers; classifying, as a first temporal layer access picture or a second temporal layer access picture, a temporal layer access picture based on whether a picture encoded after the temporal layer access picture is capable of referring to a picture encoded before the temporal layer access picture; and adding, to transmission unit data including the temporal layer access picture, type syntax information for identifying the first temporal layer access picture and the second temporal layer access picture, wherein the picture encoded after the temporal layer access picture belongs to a same temporal sub-layer as the temporal layer access picture or belongs to an upper temporal sub-layer to the temporal layer access picture. |
| US11252421B2 |
Method, device and system for encoding and decoding image
Disclosed are methods, apparatuses, and systems for encoding and decoding an image. The present invention provides an intra prediction unit receives an input image, removes high frequency ingredients by low pass filtering an encoded luma pixel value in the input image during intra prediction, and generates a prediction block by predicting a chroma pixel value by using a low pass filter (LPF) LM chroma mode for applying an LM chroma mode, which is an extended chroma mode technique for generating a prediction block by predicting the chroma pixel value by applying a correlation between color planes to the luma pixel value having removed therefrom the high frequency ingredients. |
| US11252400B2 |
Method, device, and recording medium for processing image
Disclosed is a method, performed by a device, of processing an image, the method including: for an original image at a particular time point among a plurality of original images having a sequential relationship in terms of time, determining a cumulative value due to an afterimage of another original image before the particular time point; based on the determined cumulative value and the plurality of original images, obtaining a plurality of blur compensation images for removing a blur caused by the afterimage; and outputting the obtained plurality of blur compensation images. |
| US11252398B2 |
Creating cinematic video from multi-view capture data
Configuration parameters associated with the generation of a cinematic video may identify object components, an order in which to display the object components, and an object type. A multi-view representation that is navigable in one or more dimensions and that includes images of an object captured from different viewpoints may be identified. A cinematic video of the object may be generated based on a subset of the images, arranged in an order based on the configuration parameters. |
| US11252394B2 |
Lens apparatus and imaging apparatus including the same
A lens apparatus includes two different optical systems. Each of the two optical systems includes a front lens unit having negative refractive power, an intermediate lens unit, and a rear lens unit disposed in this order from an object side to an image plane side. Each of the intermediate lens units in the two optical systems includes a first reflecting member for bending an optical path at a position adjacent to the front lens unit, and a second reflecting member for bending the optical path at a position adjacent to the rear lens unit. The following conditional expression is satisfied: 0.05 |
| US11252384B2 |
Semiconductor light source driving device and projection image display device
A semiconductor light source driving device includes: a switching power supply circuit that converts a voltage across direct current (DC) power supply into a DC output voltage and outputs the DC output voltage to a semiconductor light source; and a light source driving circuit connected in series to the semiconductor light source. The switching power supply circuit includes: a switching circuit; an output capacitor; a controller; and an inductor short circuit. The switching circuit includes: a first switching element for voltage control; a second switching element connected in series to the first switching element; and an inductor connected to a connection point between the first and second switching elements. The inductor short circuit includes a diode and a fourth switching element connected in series to the diode. |
| US11252380B2 |
Road management system
A road management system includes: an avoiding action detecting section that detects an avoiding action of a moving body (a vehicle, a first vehicle) moving along a road; a position detecting section that detects a position of the moving body (the vehicle, the first vehicle); an avoidance position determining section that determines an avoidance position where the avoiding action has occurred, based on a detection result of the avoiding action detecting section and a detection result of the position detecting section; and an imaging section that images a road surface of the avoidance position. |
| US11252377B2 |
Camera device, gas leakage check system, gas leakage check method, and gas leakage check program
A camera device includes a cooling unit that cools an imaging element, a first generation unit that generates stored information (the stored information includes current time and a current position acquired with use of a GPS signal during an operating term of the cooling unit, operating time of the cooling unit measured during the operating term, and identification information of the camera device), a communication unit that transmits the stored information to a server device, a second generation unit that generates image capturing information (the image capturing information includes the current time and the current position acquired with use of the GPS signal during the operating term, the operating time of the cooling unit measured during the operating term, and the identification information of the camera device), and a third generation unit that generates an image associated with the image capturing information based on an infrared image captured by the imaging element during the operating term. |
| US11252368B2 |
Photoelectric conversion element and imaging device
A photoelectric conversion element includes pixels that receive light and each generate charge in response to light incidence. The pixels include a first pixel that performs a first readout operation to read a reset signal and an optical signal and a second pixel on which a readout operation is performed at the same time as that of the first pixel and that performs selectively either the first readout operation or a second readout operation to read the reset signal. The photoelectric conversion element further includes, in association with each pixel, a first holding unit that holds the reset signal and the optical signal, and a first switch that controls writing to the first holding unit. A control line that controls the first switch associated with the first pixel and a control line that controls the first switch associated with the second pixel are formed of separate wirings. |
| US11252366B2 |
Sensor read out mode for high resolution and low light imaging in-sync with LIDAR timing
This disclosure describes devices, systems, and methods that relate to obtaining image frames with variable resolutions in synchronization with a clock source. An example device may include an image sensor, a clock input, and a controller. The controller includes at least one processor and a memory. The at least one processor is operable to execute program instructions stored in the memory so as to carry out operations. The operations include receiving, by the clock input, a clock signal. The clock signal is a periodic signal defining at least one scan interval. The operations also include during the scan interval, causing the image sensor to capture a full resolution image frame. The operations yet further include during the scan interval, causing the image sensor to capture at least one reduced resolution image frame. |
| US11252364B2 |
Image sensing device generating ramp voltage with coarse ramp current and fine ramp current for single ramp period
An image sensing device includes a coarse current generation circuit suitable for generating a coarse ramp current adjusted to a coarse level for a single ramp period, a fine current generation circuit suitable for generating a fine ramp current adjusted to a fine level for the single ramp period, and a current-to-voltage conversion circuit suitable for generating a ramp voltage corresponding to a resultant current of the coarse ramp current and the fine ramp current for the single ramp period. |
| US11252363B2 |
Image sensors and methods of operating the same
An image sensor includes a pixel array of pixels arranged in one or more rows and one or more columns, the pixel array configured to generate an image based on light being incident on one or more pixels of the pixel array. The image sensor includes pixel load circuitry connected to one column of pixels and including transistors serially connected to each other. The image sensor includes switches connected in parallel to separate, respective nodes between adjacent transistors. The image sensor includes image sensor processing circuitry configured to receive, from image processor circuitry, gain information indicating an intensity of light concurrently with an image being generated by the image sensor, and control at least one switch of the plurality of switches to be turned on/off to change an electrical path of a current that passes through the pixel load circuitry, based on the gain information. |
| US11252362B2 |
Imaging element, imaging device, and imaging method
A process of manufacturing an imaging element is simplified. The imaging element includes a polarization pixel and a phase difference pixel. The polarization pixel included in the imaging element includes a polarizer transmitting incident light having a specific polarization direction and generates an image signal based on the incident light being from a subject and being transmitted through the polarizer. The phase difference pixel included in the imaging element includes a light shielding film being formed simultaneously with the polarizer and being disposed to be shifted in a predetermined pupil-division direction for pupil-dividing the incident light from the subject and generates an image signal for detecting a phase difference. |
| US11252361B2 |
Imaging element, imaging device, and information processing method with image restoration pixels and unidirectional pixel
An imaging element, an imaging device, and an information processing method are disclosed. In one example, an imaging element includes pixel output units configured for independently setting incident angle directivity for incident light incident through both of an imaging lens and a pinhole. The pixel output units include image restoration pixel output units arranged in a matrix, at least some of the pixel output units having the incident angle directivity both in a row direction and in a column direction of the matrix, and a unidirectional pixel output unit having the incident angle directivity only in the row direction of the matrix or only in the column direction of the matrix. |
| US11252356B2 |
Imaging element, driving method, and electronic device
A pixel is included, the pixel including a photoelectric conversion portion configured to convert incident light to a charge by photoelectric conversion and accumulate the charge, a charge transfer unit configured to transfer the charge generated in the photoelectric conversion portion, a diffusion layer to which the charge is transferred through the charge transfer unit, the diffusion layer having a predetermined storage capacitance, a conversion unit configured to convert the charge transferred to the diffusion layer to a pixel signal, and connection wiring configured to connect the diffusion layer and the conversion unit. The connection wiring is connected to the diffusion layer and the conversion unit through contact wiring extending in a vertical direction with respect to a semiconductor substrate on which the diffusion layer is formed and is formed closer to the semiconductor substrate than other wiring provided in the pixel. |
| US11252352B2 |
Pixel sensor cell for CMOS image sensors with enhanced conversion gain at high dynamic range capability
The present invention relates to a pixel sensor cell (1) for a CMOS sensor device comprising: —a photodiode (11) for generating photoelectrons; —a first transfer transistor (12) coupling the photodiode (11) with an intermediate node (IN) and configured to be controlled by a first control signal (TX1); —a gain reducing capacitance (CHD) applied on the intermediate node (IN); —a second transfer transistor (14) coupling the intermediate node (IN) with a sense node (SN) and configured to be controlled by a second control signal (TX2); —an output buffer (15) coupled with the sense node (SN) and configured to amplify a potential on the sense node (SN). |
| US11252350B2 |
Image sensor, camera module, mobile terminal, and image acquisition method
An image sensor, a camera module, a mobile terminal, and an image acquisition method are provided in the present disclosure. The image sensor includes a repeating unit in a two-dimensional pixel array. The repeating unit includes a plurality of color pixels and a plurality of transparent pixels. In the repeating unit, the plurality of transparent pixels are disposed along a first diagonal line and one or more first parallel lines parallel to the first diagonal line, and the color pixels are disposed along a second diagonal line and one or more second parallel lines parallel to the second diagonal line. The first diagonal line is different from the second diagonal line. |
| US11252345B2 |
Dual-spectrum camera system based on a single sensor and image processing method
Provided are a dual-spectrum camera system based on a single sensor and an image processing method. The camera system includes a lens, an image sensor, and a logical light separation module and an image fusion module that are sequentially connected to the image sensor. The image sensor includes red-green-blue (RGB) photosensitive cells and infrared radiation (IR) photosensitive cells. An infrared cut-off filter layer is arranged on a light incoming path of the RGB photosensitive cells. The image sensor receives incident light entering through the lens to generate an original image and sends the original image to the logical light separation module. The logical light separation module converts and separates the original image into a visible light image and an infrared image, and sends the visible light image and the infrared image to the image fusion module to generate a fused image. |
| US11252341B2 |
Method and device for shooting image, and storage medium
A method for shooting image, applied to an electronic device in which an image capturing device is mounted, includes: receiving a first input from a user; responsive to the first input, acquiring a first image and a second image captured by the image capturing device for a target object, a framing range of the first image being same as a framing range of the second image; and performing synthesis processing on the first image and the second image to generate a target image, the target image including a first object image of the target object in the first image and a second object image of the target object in the second image. |
| US11252340B1 |
Motion detection system with flicker compensation
A motion detection system with flicker compensation includes an image sensor that captures a first image for motion detection and a second image for flicker detection, the second image having a resolution lower than the first image; a controller that controls the image sensor to output either the first image or the second image; a motion detection device that receives first images and performs motion detection on the first images; and a flicker detection device that receives second images and performs flicker detection on the second images to generate a time offset, which is fed to the controller to update a wakeup cycle for coordinating the image sensor. |
| US11252332B2 |
Image photography apparatus
An information processing apparatus that includes a camera unit including an imaging sensor that captures an image; a display that displays an image; and a processor that: clips an image region having a size corresponding to a photography zoom power from an image captured by the camera unit; adjusts a clipping position at a time of clipping the image region from the image; and controls the display to display the clipped image region on the display. |
| US11252330B2 |
Display control apparatus and control method therefor
A display control apparatus includes detection means (a proximity sensor 75) configured to detect that an object has approached, and control means (a system control unit 50) configured to perform control such that in response to the detection means detecting that the object has approached, a display of a first display unit (a monitor 28) is turned off. In a case where interval shooting or long exposure shooting is performed, the control means performs control such that in response to the detection means detecting that the object has approached (S411), the display of the first display unit is turned on (S413). |
| US11252328B2 |
Electronic device and method for controlling the same
An electronic device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first half-celestial sphere image; a generation unit configured to generate a second half-celestial sphere image by horizontally or vertically inverting the first half-celestial sphere image; a combining unit configured to generate an entire-celestial sphere image by connecting the first half-celestial sphere image and the second half-celestial sphere image together; and a recording unit configured to record the generated entire-celestial sphere image on a recording memory. |
| US11252327B1 |
Method and system for performing a contextual stitching operation on video data using a data processing unit
A method for processing video data is performed by a data processing unit (DPU). The method includes identifying, by the DPU of an edge device, a contextual stitching trigger event; in response to identifying the contextual stitching trigger event: identifying video data chunks, contextual metadata, indexing metadata, and authentication and authorization (AA) metadata associated with the contextual stitching trigger event; generating a virtual blob based on the video data chunks, contextual metadata, indexing metadata, and authentication and authorization AA metadata; making a first determination that a playback request is obtained from a user, wherein the playback request comprises user authentication information; and in response to the first determination: making a second determination that the user authentication information matches the AA metadata; and in response to the second determination; encoding the video data chunks into a single stream and initiating playback for the user. |
| US11252325B2 |
Real time assessment of picture quality
A computerized method for computing the photo quality of a captured image in a device image acquisition system, comprising on-board combining of a plurality of quality indicators computed from said captured image and its previous image frames quality indicators and a confidence level for at least one of said quality indicators, and using a processor to determine, based on said combining, whether photo quality is acceptable and taking differential action depending on whether quality is or is not acceptable. |
| US11252320B2 |
Determining whether a camera is out-of-focus
A method for determining whether a video camera is out-of-focus comprises: capturing image data; setting a focus setting difference threshold based on a filter function configured to filter the image data; adjusting a focus setting between a present focus setting and an altered focus setting such that a first subset of the image data is captured with the video camera being set in the present focus setting and such that a second subset of the image data is captured with the video camera being set in the altered focus setting, wherein the adjusting is performed such that a difference between the present and altered focus settings is below the threshold; forming the video stream by applying the filter function on the image data; determining first and second focus metrics of the image data; and determining whether the video camera is out-of-focus by comparing the first and second focus metrics. |
| US11252316B2 |
System and method for optical alignment and calibration of an infrared camera lens
A system for optical alignment and calibration of an infrared camera lens, including: a lens support mechanism configured to adjust a position of an infrared camera lens relative to a camera body that includes: a hexapod platform and a robotic arm to manipulate the position of the infrared camera lens that extends from the hexapod platform and is coupled thereto to be continually oriented parallel to the hexapod platform and to maintain the infrared camera lens continually oriented parallel to the orientation of the hexapod platform; at least one collimator configured to output infrared rays, wherein the at least one collimator is positioned such that the output infrared rays converge on an infrared sensor within the camera body through the infrared camera lens; and at least one curing catalyst configured to cure an adhesive placed on the infrared camera lens when an ideal lens position is determined. |
| US11252315B2 |
Imaging apparatus and information processing method
In a pixel 110, a microlens layer 112 includes a microlens for each pixel region. A color filter layer 114 allows passage of light of a given color. A polarizer layer 116 includes a polarizer that allows passage of a polarization component in a given direction in some or all pixel regions and acquires a normal vector of a subject through a detection value thereof. A photoelectric conversion layer 118 includes a plurality of photodiodes in the pixel regions. A distance to a feature point of the subject is acquired through phase difference based on the detection value. |
| US11252314B2 |
Mobile terminal with distal lenses and method of using mobile terminal to determine distance, range and dimension of an object
A mobile terminal is provided that includes a camera configured to capture an image. The mobile terminal also has at least one distal lens disposed remotely from the camera, and a connector connecting the at least one distal lens to the camera. The connector is configured to direct light from the at least one distal lens to the camera. In particular, the connector is arranged to allow the at least one distal lens to move independently with respect to the camera. |
| US11252312B2 |
Lens bracket assembly and gimbal used therewith
A lens bracket assembly for supporting an imaging device. The imaging device includes a body and a lens connected to the body. The lens bracket assembly includes a mounting plate, a supporting plate configured for carrying the imaging device, and a bracket. The mounting plate includes a first surface and two inner sidewalls extended from two opposing ends of the first surface along a direction substantially perpendicular to the first surface. The two inner sidewalls provide first sliding slots. The supporting plate includes a first side and two outer sidewalls providing second sliding slots, and is slidably disposed on the mounting plate with the second sliding slots matching the first sliding slots at corresponding positions. The bracket is coupled to the first side of the supporting plate, and includes a shape that matches the lens of the imaging device. |
| US11252310B2 |
Camera module, electronic device and photographing method
A camera module, an electronic device and a photographing method are disclosed, which relates to the field of camera devices, in order to mitigate or alleviate the problem of an excessively small view angle for the existing camera module. The camera module includes a fixing member, a photographing unit connected with the fixing member via a connection shaft, a driving component including a first magnetic member and a first conductive member. Either of the first magnetic member and the first conductive member is fixed to the photographing unit, the other is fixed to the fixing member. The first conductive member is arranged to be located in a magnetic field of the first magnetic member so as to generate, when the first conductive member is energized, a driving force capable of driving the photographing unit to rotate around the connection shaft in the magnetic field of the first magnetic member. |
| US11252307B2 |
Imaging device and imaging system
A first lateral surface, a second lateral surface, an upper surface, and a bottom surface of a housing of an imaging device is formed of metal and at least two surfaces among the first lateral surface, the second lateral surface, the upper surface, and the bottom surface include a groove region formed of a plurality of grooves. |
| US11252305B2 |
Processing apparatus, image device and system with image data via single common data bus
Provided is a processing apparatus including a processing unit that is connectable to a data bus, and performs output control on respective images captured by a plurality of image sensors connected to the data bus during a predetermined period of time. A timing of output of the image performed by each of the plurality of image sensors is changed by the output control. |
| US11252301B2 |
Adjusting sharpness and details in upscaling output
Enabling adjustment of sharpness and details of an input image in upscaling, including: applying a Fourier transform function on a brightness channel of the input image to generate a 2-D frequency map; adjusting the 2-D frequency map to control a target amount of sharpness and details in an upscaled output image; and using the adjusted 2-D frequency map as an additional input channel along with standard color image data for a training and upscaling process. |
| US11252300B2 |
Training and upscaling of large size image
Training and upscaling a large-sized input image, including: dividing the large-sized input image into a plurality of small-sized sub-pictures; expanding each sub-picture of the plurality of small-sized sub-pictures using target padding pixels to produce an expanded sub-picture; upscaling each sub-picture using an ML-based upscaler to produce an expanded upscaled sub-picture; cropping the expanded upscaled sub-picture to an upscaled size equal to an original size of each sub-picture multiplied by an upscaling factor; repeating expanding, upscaling, and cropping for the plurality of sub-pictures; and concatenating the plurality of cropped sub-pictures to produce an output image. |
| US11252299B1 |
High dynamic range color conversion using selective interpolation for different curves
Embodiments relate to pixel conversion of images for display. A circuit converts input pixel values of an image using a color conversion function. The circuit is operable in different modes where each mode uses a different color conversion function. A lookup table memory circuit stores a mapping of color converted values and input pixel values according to the mode of operation where the mapping represents the color conversion function associated with the mode. The circuit produces a color converted value from the lookup table as a color converted version of a first input pixel value responsive to the first input pixel value being within a first range. The circuit may also produce a color converted version of a second input pixel value by interpolating a subset of the color converted values received from the lookup table responsive to the second input pixel being within a second input range. |
| US11252295B2 |
Sheet feeding device, image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus
A sheet feeding device includes a stacking tray, a feeding portion, a first restricting member which includes a first restricting surface and a first supporting portion, a second restricting member which includes a second restricting surface and a second supporting portion, and an interrelating portion. In a state in which the first restricting surface and the second restricting surface are brought closest to each other, a part of the first restricting portion is positioned on a second restricting surface side with respect to a center line of the stacking tray, and a part of the second restricting portion is positioned on a first restricting surface side with respect to the center line. |
| US11252293B2 |
Recording apparatus
A recording apparatus includes: a recording unit that performs recording on a medium; a medium discharging section that discharges the medium on which recording has been performed; a medium receiving section that receives the medium discharged by the medium discharging section; a face-down discharge path that guides, to the medium discharge section, the recorded medium with a recorded side thereof facing downward; a document movement path that is provided at an upper part of a housing constituting an outer casing of the recording apparatus and along which a document moves; and a reading unit provided in the document movement path to read the document. The medium receiving section also serves as a support tray that supports the document to be inserted into the document movement path or the document exiting from the document movement path. |
| US11252291B2 |
Image forming apparatus with history record display information and method of controlling image forming apparatus
It is assumed that a user changed a set value of paper selection, which is one of setting items of various setting items, from “auto” to “A3”. According to one embodiment, a controller extracts history records in which the set value of the paper selection is “A3” from setting information history in a storage, and arranges them to the side of the various setting items in chronological order. Specifically, the controller displays three pieces of setting information, starting with the latest setting information, followed by older setting information, on the right side of the various setting items. In displaying the pieces of setting information, in order to clarify and highlight parts having discrepancies relative to the set values of the various setting items, the color may be changed, a box may be used to surround such a part, or characters may be displayed in bold. |
| US11252288B2 |
Information processing apparatus for communicating with image forming apparatus and control method for controlling the same
In a case where extension information is included in information regarding presets provided by a printing apparatus, an information processing apparatus prohibits a host side from editing the presets, thereby preventing the occurrence of a conflict between settings of a print job. In a case where extension information is not included in the presets, the information processing apparatus allows the host side to edit the presets, thereby providing a method for changing some of the presets to a user. |
| US11252286B2 |
Voice control device, printing apparatus, control methods thereof, and storage medium
In the case where a voice control device can communicate with a printing apparatus and a display apparatus, a user is provided with visual presentations of notifications on the display apparatus where print processing instructions are provided to the printing apparatus based on user instructions issued to the voice control device by voice. |
| US11252285B1 |
System implementing non-contact interaction with publicly shared machines
A menu of processing options of a publicly shared machine is presented on a user interface of a remote computerized device using an application (app). The publicly shared machine can include a printing component, a scanning component, a non-contact user identification component, etc. The app creates a job from options selected from the menu. The job is transmitted from the app to the publicly shared machine. The publicly shared machine notifies the app of availability to perform the job. In turn, the app provides a notice on the user interface of the remote computerized device that the publicly shared machine is available to perform the job. These methods further identify the user present at the publicly shared machine using the non-contact user identification component, allowing the publicly shared machine to perform the job based on the non-contact user identification, without requiring additional user interaction with the publicly shared machine. |
| US11252284B2 |
Image processing apparatus associating with external apparatus, control method, and storage medium
An image processing apparatus including a transmission function for transmitting an image sets whether to permit use of a destination not previously registered. The image processing apparatus also receives, from an external apparatus, data including at least a destination field. The image processing apparatus sets the transmission destination based on destination information included in the destination field of the received data upon a condition that a setting is set permitting use of a previously un-registered destination and does not set the transmission destination based on the destination information included in the destination field of the received data upon a condition that a setting is set prohibiting use of a previously un-registered destination. |
| US11252283B2 |
Storage medium, and method and apparatus for managing printing
A computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process includes receiving a first identifier that is input when an application is used on a terminal; identifying, in accordance with the received first identifier, a storage that is associated with the first identifier and that stores file information; transmitting to the identified storage an acquisition request to acquire part or all of the file information stored in the storage; transmitting to the terminal a list of the part or all of the file information transmitted from the storage in response to the acquisition request; receiving from the terminal an item of file information selected from the list of the part or all of the file information; acquiring a file corresponding to the received item of file information from the storage; and transmitting the acquired file to a print server that performs printing processing. |
| US11252277B2 |
Dynamic anti-disturb techniques in telephony
Filtering incoming calls according to predicted preferences of a user. User preferences are predicted by analysis of user behavior, online activity, oral queues, and purchasing history. Data analysis includes weighting caller and user attributes according to a scheme that is dynamically updated by applying user feedback and/or machine learning processes. |
| US11252274B2 |
Messaging application sticker extensions
Systems and methods are provided for performing operations including: receiving, with a messaging application implemented by one or more processors of a user device, a communication from a given application representing a first user interaction with the given application; generating, with the messaging application, a list of graphical elements based on the communication received from the given application; displaying, with the messaging application, the list of graphical elements; receiving, with the messaging application, a user selection of a first graphical element from the list of graphical elements; and incorporating, with the messaging application, the graphical element selected by the user into a message for transmission to another user. |